When I was preparing for today’s episode, I found myself asking a very simple question.

What does it actually mean to be The Light?

Because as believers, we say that phrase so easily. “Be the light.” “Shine your light in the Darkness.”It sounds beautiful and powerful. But have we actually stopped to ask what light is against the darkness, where it comes from and why it is so important?

I did a little trivia check while researching, just out of curiosity. The word light, in all its variations, light, lights, lamp, lighted, appears in the Bible almost 300 times.

That is not small or random.

Which makes me wonder, if something is repeated that much, have we slowed down enough to understand it?

Over the past few episodes in Darkness vs The Light series, we focused on the darkness. What it means, how we operate in it, how easy it is to adjust to it and how functioning in it long enough that it starts to feel normal.

But now we zoom into the light. Light is not important only when it is dark. Light defines, reveals, brings clarity. Darkness should only make us more aware of its absence.

On today’s episode of the Zoe Life podcast, we move past identifying darkness unto understanding the light as something foundational. Something present at the very beginning.

Put that at all together and we are stepping into what it truly means to be light in the darkness.

Let’s begin🔥

When I was a child, a power outage felt terrifying.

The lights would go off, and suddenly everything familiar felt uncertain. Shadows stretched. Sounds felt louder. Even my own room did not feel the same.

Maybe you remember that feeling too.

In this second part of The Darkness vs The Light series: Operating in the Darkness, we move beyond simply acknowledging the dark and begin asking what happens when we learn to function in it.

Because after fear comes adjustment. Your eyes adapt. You learn how to move. You figure out where things are without needing the switch. But just because you can operate in the dark does not mean you were created for it.

And this is where it becomes deeper.

Darkness is not only something we fear. It can become something we grow comfortable in. What begins as survival can slowly turn into permission. Things done quietly. Choices made in hidden places. Patterns formed where no one sees. What we allow in the night has a way of determining what appears in the day.

So what does it mean to operate in the darkness?

When does adaptation become compromise?

And how do we know whether we are navigating the dark… or being formed by it?

Enjoy today’s episode 🤍

In the beginning…

Darkness.

Formless. Void.

And evening passed, and morning came.

If you grew up in church, you have heard these words before. The very first lines. The first page. In the beginning, God created. It sounds simple. Familiar. Almost easy to move past.

But before light was spoken into existence, the earth was formless and void. Darkness covered the deep.

What is it about darkness?

Why does creation begin there?

And what does it mean that God did not eliminate the darkness first, but spoke into it?

On today’s episode, Darkness vs The Light: The Introduction, we begin unpacking the depth behind those opening verses. The artistry.

The tension. The separation of light from darkness. What it reveals about darkness from the very start.

Because maybe this is not just about the first page of Scripture.

Maybe it is about understanding what God does when everything feels unformed.

Enjoy ❤️