How to Shine Brightly During Your Darkest Season

Now I live in sunny South Florida, and I have never experienced a military invasion where I’ve been overwhelmed, confined, and imprisoned, but I have hunkered down at my house and been felt walled in more than once with water on all sides because of a hurricane. My husband and I have both had a major hospitalization where we’ve been confined for an extended period in the hospital battling for our health, and just as I sat down to type out these words on my laptop I got an unexpected phone call that led my husband and I to link arms and pray for protection from the enemy’s attacks. We can be standing in our own kitchen at home and feel besieged by dark circumstances out of our control.

As I looked at the life of Daniel in the Old Testament, I was challenged by how untroubled his inner life was despite all the turmoil surrounding him. I want to have that resolute spirit.

When we walk in wisdom, we shine brightly for Jesus even if the circumstances of our life are dark. Maybe you want that to be a reality in your life, but the truth is that sometimes you get so overwhelmed by all the adversity that you just want to hide away from the world. How can we persevere and start to dispel the darkness? Let’s take a look at the life of Daniel and learn 4 ways we can let our little light shine even in our darkest season.