The first words out of God's mouth were, "Let there be light," (Genesis 1:3). Why? He could have said, "Let everything be created," or, "Let's take care of the heavnly things and the earthly things and everything in between." Why did he start with, "Let there be light"? It certainly wasn't because God couldn't see in the dark. It probably wasn't because He was afraid of the dark. Why, then, were those God's first words? It's because, as Cindy Trimm in her book, Commanding the Morning, writes, "Light illuminates," (9). Why do kids have night lights? Why do you turn on the lights in your house when it's dark? Why are there streetlights in neighborhoods? It's because light illuminates. Light casts out many things, including darkness.
Darkness--the unseen, the unknown--causes anxiety and fear in many people. Why are they afraid? It's because they can't see it with human eyes and so it makes it harder for the human brain to comprehend that it will be OK. A pastor once said that fear is false evidence appearing real. If that's all fear is, then why is it so powerful? Why can it control the mind and paralyze the body without any proof of reality? Well, if light illuminates, then darkness conceals and somewhere in the back of our minds, we know that. That "knowing" or "un-knowing," as the case may be, is what produces the anxiety within us.
It could be that the reason God's first words were, "Let there be light," was to be a model to us. If we are believers and followers of God, then it stands to reason that we will follow what He modeled for us. the next time you're afraid and you're walking in a dark place, whether physically, mentally, or spiritually, speak to your situation and command as God did, "Let there be light."
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