No Never

"This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us." 1 John 1:5-9

There are just some things that cannot be done. I mean, a toaster could never, EVER wash an elephant. You could never eat a steak with a straw, demolish a building with one blink of an eye, or convince an umbrella to walk just by asking it to. Like I said, there are just some things that cannot be done! In the same way, there are many things that God cannot do! It's true! God cannot lie (Hebrews 6:18). He doesn't do anything that He instructs us not to do, therefore, He doesn't doubt, fear, hold onto anxiety, lust, etc. If it is true (which it is...) that God is Light, than everything that God does is Light. Further, everything that God doesn't do is darkness. There is no darkness in God at all, so what does that mean for us? God puts it rather bluntly: "If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth" (1 John 1:6). We are all liars if while we say we have fellowship with God we do anything that God Himself does not do.

It's pretty simple. Examine your life. Is there anything that you do, say, think about, or feel that God Himself cannot do, say, think about, or feel? That is where you are walking in darkness and God says that when you walk in darkess, you cannot honestly say you are in fellowship with Him. And mind you, this is coming from the One who desires to have that heart-close, intimate love relationship with His people. He does not speak out of anything but His intense desire for us, a flawed people. We serve a God who seeks our fellowship, and we're the ones who get in the way of that. This is not, however, the end of the story.

Because we serve a God of hope, mercy, and grace, this is not the end of the story. "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9 When we refuse our Savior's redemptive and reconciling blood, we make Him die in vain. Christ didn't die for nothing, brothers and sisters! He died and rose again so that we might claim His victory and walk in the newness of His spirit! He died so that we may claim His blood and live!

So can we be a people that seeks to break every area of darkness in our lives with the bold, bright, and beautiful Light that is God Himself? Can we with His courage step into everything that God is, willingly and even joyfully leaving behind everything that is of ourselves? What is there to lose when there is so much to give to the One who gave it all?