today I met Jesus in a super crazy, insanely random, but oh so beautiful place—– radio static.
you heard me right. I met Jesus in the static of the radio station this afternoon.
driving for hours and listening to the radio. car rides alone usually turn music into background noise for me as I think/drive. but today was very different.
as I was listening to the local christian station and singing along to “Reckless Love”, I noticed how heavily the static was coming in.
a few years ago someone once told me: “static on a christian radio station is just satan attempting to drive people away.”
and that stuck with me, its something I notice more often than not.
but like I said, today was just different.
as I was listening to the broken lyrics of one of my favorite songs, the song soon faded out into a blurred mess of stations and voices. the song was unrecognizable.
but then… oh but then, the end of the song played so clearly. no static. no other voices. just the song.
this was where I saw Jesus at His finest.
this static-y radio station made me think of John 1:5 “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
i can see where you would be confused at this point- but just stick with me it gets really cool and really real.
as I thought of this verse, I realized I am much like that radio station.
some days, it feels like my head is barely above the water, I am trying my best to please everyone, glorify God, forgive people around me, steer clear of gossip, etc…
I start out strong and determined (just like the song on the station), but eventually darkness takes over and starts to get the best of me. my song slowly fades and I fall into the cycle of sin, gossip, going through the motions, and just being blinded by my own sin. (cue the static)
but then.
then Jesus steps in.
Jesus steps in where my humanness has no more to offer.
Jesus lifts me up above the sin and hurt of this world and revives the song in my heart.
and just like John 1:5 says, darkness will not and simply cannot overcome the light.
just when you believe you’ve gone too far, when you feel unrecognizable, when you feel like theres no turning back, just when you start to believe that the darkness has won….
thats when Jesus swoops in.
I love most that He knows we can’t do this alone, He allows us to struggle and try to stay afloat on our own so we understand how desperately we need Him.
and just when we’re about to drown, He swoops in and defeats the darkness that is satan and the darkness of this world.
He is our savior. not just that day on calvary. not just when He tore the veil. not just when He took our place on the cross.. but every single day. He chooses to fight for us every single day, we just have to choose to see His beauty in the mess.
