"Despite the Darkness"

"Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beast of the forest do creep forth."
(Psalms 104:20)
Yes, this is still about how God is the Creator; He is the Creator of all things, there is nothing at all that God has not created; the monsters, too, are His creation, just so you know. Does that sound a little hard to believe? Sadly enough, it's true, but it is not totally His doing; some things will just not fall in line with His will, at least not on their own. The darkness always gets a bad name, as if it was something outside of God's ability to express Himself by. When was the last time you were able to get out away from the city lights at night, to witness the stars in the sky? When we first moved here, back in 1990, there were so many more stars in the sky. I know that they did not go away, but they sure are harder to see with all the lights that have been added to the city. There is something that needs to be made clear, that God is not the one who brings out the evil, He is the one who is able to control it and to overturn its destruction. Somehow evil always thinks that it will win, but God will always have the last word; God is so much more powerful, there is nothing created that can ever try to overrule Him, there is nothing that even comes close to His great power, absolutely nothing! Is there even a question of who's side you should be on? If that might be an issue, then you have no idea how powerful God really is, or what He is capable of doing. Yesterday we had a special treat, as Pastor Pete spoke, as Pastor Bryan gave the message at his church. I came to church expecting to hear about the book of Philippians, and felt a little disappointed when we are told to turn to John 6:25. I was reminded about something that we should never ever loose sight of, that we are sealed for ever and there is nothing that can take us out of the Father's hand. We are the property of Jesus Christ; each and every one of us that have believed upon the name of Jesus, that have called upon Him to be Lord of our lives. He says in His word that we have been given to Him by the Father, and He will in no way cast us out! It is out of our hands! What kind of crazy is that! Yes, you can do whatever you want, but why would you want to miss out on all the wonderful blessings? Why would you even consider lurking around in the darkness, when you can experience His glorious light? There might be a fine line between those two worlds, but if that fine line is Jesus, it's a line that cannot be broken. Please don't misunderstand me, if you are willfully sinning and that sin does not bother you, then you need to be saved from your sins, because you are still in bondage to them. But if your sins have you concerned and are a problem that you feel a need to correct, then you are in the right place, because that's where God can manage to get some work done, despite the darkness that still abides in us...
""I am the LORD; there is no other God. I have equipped you for battle, though you don't even know me, so all the world from the east to west will know there is no other God. I am the LORD, and there is no other. I create the light and make the darkness. I send good times and bad times. I, the LORD, am the one who does those things. "Open up, O heavens, and pour out your righteousness. Let the earth open wide so salvation and righteousness can sprout up together. I, the LORD, created them. "What sorrow awaits those who argue with their Creator. Does a clay pot argue with its maker? Does the clay dispute with the one who shapes it, saying, 'Stop, you're doing it wrong!' Does the pot exclaim, 'How clumsy can you be?' How terrible it would be if a newborn baby said to its father, 'Why was I born?' or if it said to its mother, 'Why did you make me this way?'"" (Isaiah 45:5-10) NLT