 Isaiah 60 begins saying arise shine for your light has come and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you behold darkness shall cover the earth thick darkness the people but the Lord will arise upon you and his glory will be seen upon you there's one thing that distinguishes the people of God from all the other people and it's God's presence. The myth that the church I believe is giving into is that because there's darkness in our culture that it is an indicator that the church's hour has actually come and gone. Darkness is nothing more than a setup as a backdrop for God to display his wisdom glory and power through the church and sometimes in the church we think our entire faith in relationship with God is based just upon remembering what Jesus did waiting for him to return and we forget that when Jesus came he came as an example and then he handed off and he said what I started you finish. We need to stop and realize God is with us. We have the same Holy Spirit that called the heavens and the earth into being who brooded over the face of the deep separated the mountains from the water the same Spirit that spoke to a tomb and told the stone to roll the way and put Jesus to emerge from death back into life the same Holy Spirit who took the first star stretched out that same Holy Spirit lives on the inside of you and if that Holy Spirit can do all those things imagine what he can do through you.