Light, Darkness, and the Finished Word

This morning in prayer, the Lord began to untangle something in me that I did not even know was a knot. He started to show me that many of the things I call “waiting on God” are really me living more in what I do not know than in what He has already revealed. He showed me that when He speaks, He does not speak from trial and error. He does not speak from possibility. He speaks from completion. His Word is never in progress to Him. It is finished.

Scripture calls that finished reality “Light.” I realized that if I am going to live in truth, I cannot treat the Word of God as a suggestion or a prediction. I have to receive it as something already completed in the eternal realm that is now being revealed to me.

This entry is my attempt to faithfully write out what He showed me, so that you can come out of the stronghold of the unknown and begin to walk in what God has already finished.

What Scripture Means by Light

In John chapter 1, Scripture says:

“In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
John 1 verses 4 and 5

The word “light” in the original language is “phos.” It does not only mean brightness. It means the kind of light that reveals and makes things visible. It is connected to life, truth, purity, and revelation from God. In other words, when the Bible says that God is light, it is not only saying He is bright. It is saying that in Him everything is exposed and clear. There is no confusion in Him. No guessing. No hidden agenda. When God reveals something, He is shining His light on a reality that already exists in Him.

So when God gives you a word, that word is light. It exposes something that already is. It is not something He is trying out. It is not something He is hoping will work. It is something that is already finished in His realm, now being made known to you.

Light is what God has revealed.

What Scripture Means by Darkness

The next part says, “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”

The word for “darkness” is “skotia.” It can refer to evil, but it also simply means the absence of light. It is the unseen. The unrevealed. The unknown. There are two kinds of darkness. There is darkness that is truly evil, connected to sin, deception, and demonic works. There is also the kind of darkness that is simply a lack of revelation. It is like a room with furniture that you cannot see yet because the light is off. The reality exists, but it has not been revealed.

Most of us treat the unknown like it is evil. The “how,” the “when,” the “through whom,” the details we cannot see. We let those hidden parts challenge or weaken the word God has already spoken. But the Lord showed me this very clearly. The unknown is not evil by itself. It is simply what God has not yet revealed. And because it has not been revealed, it belongs to Him, not to us.

That changes everything.

Light Versus Darkness in Real Life

Let us use a simple and specific example: home ownership.

Imagine God speaks clearly to a woman and says, “You will own a home.”

That word is light.

In that moment, in God’s realm, ownership is already a settled reality. In His eternal view, the home exists. The provision exists. The timing exists. The path exists. The favor exists. But as soon as she hears the word, her mind may rush into darkness.

Where will the down payment come from.
What is my credit score.
Will the bank approve me.
What neighborhood.
What about my current income.

All of those questions live in the unknown. That is darkness. The problem is that we often give more weight to the darkness, which is unrevealed, than to the light, which is revealed. But light is what God has spoken. Darkness is what He has not yet shown. And Scripture is very clear. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness cannot overcome it.

That means whatever God has revealed is always greater than what He has not yet explained.

The Pattern: Heard, Seen, Looked Upon, Touched

The Lord walked me into a passage that brought this together for me.

“That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life. The life was made manifest, and we have seen it.”
1 John chapter 1 verses 1 and 2

The Spirit began to show me that this is not just a poetic description. It is a sequence. It is a spiritual pattern.

First, the word is heard.
Then it is seen.
Then it is looked upon.
Then it is touched.
Then it is manifested.

Let us slow that down and make it plain.

Step one: Heard

The word “heard” here is from the verb “akouo.” It does not only mean that sound entered the ear. It means that the message was received and understood. Hearing is the moment God’s finished word enters our awareness. Jesus understands this. That is why in Luke chapter 4 verse 21 He says:

“Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

He had just read the prophecy about Himself. Then He said that the very act of them hearing it was the moment of fulfillment. Not when every miracle was seen. Not when every promise was experienced. Fulfillment began at hearing. Hearing is receipt. That is when the word moves from God’s mouth to our spirit.

This is why Jesus so often said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” He was not talking about physical ears. He was talking about the capacity to receive the word as truth.

Step two: Seen

Then John says, “which we have seen with our eyes.”

The word for “seen” is from “horao.” It does not simply mean that the physical eye saw something. It means to perceive, to discern, to experience as reality, to grasp fully. Seeing is when what you heard becomes internally real. This is when you move from “God said it” to “I know it.” You may not have touched it, but you have seen it internally. You carry it as truth.

In our home ownership example, this is when that woman not only knows that God said it, but she begins to see herself as an owner. She sees it in her inner world. She is no longer debating if it is possible. She is convinced that it is already true in God.

Step three: Looked upon

Next John says, “which we have looked upon.”

The word here is “theaomai.” It means to gaze at, to behold, to consider attentively. It carries the idea of sustained focus, not a quick glance. This is where agreement shows up in a visible way. Looking upon means I not only see what God said, but I keep my attention there. I meditate on it. I let it shape how I move. I align my behavior with what I have seen.

Agreement is not just saying “Amen.” Agreement is attention and action.

In real life, this is where that woman who has seen herself as an owner begins to act like someone God has given ownership to.

She might:

organize her finances,
pay off certain debts intentionally,
learn about mortgages,
talk to someone who has bought a home before,
start gathering the documents she will eventually need.

She is not doing this because she sees the house already. She is doing it because she believes the word is already finished in God’s realm. Her actions are her way of looking upon the word.

Looking upon is participation before manifestation.

Step four: Touched

Then John says, “and touched with our hands.”

The word “touched” is “pselaphao.” It means to handle, to feel, to physically make contact with. This is the stage most of us call “breakthrough.”

It is when the loan is approved.
The house closes.
The keys are in hand.
The word that was once only heard is now physically experienced.

But notice the order.

The touching is last. The touching does not make the word true. The touching is when natural reality finally mirrors what was always true in the eternal realm.

Then John says, “The life was made manifest.” That means what was always there with the Father now appears in time and space.

Why Adam Did Not Need To Know About the Serpent

The Lord then connected this revelation to Adam and Eve.

I realized that God never told Adam, “There is a serpent in the garden who will try to deceive you.” God revealed to him what he was allowed to eat, what he was not allowed to touch, his assignment, his identity, his authority, and his relationship with God. That was the light. The serpent was in the dark. Not because God is hiding danger from Adam in an evil way, but because Adam did not need that information to obey. Adam fell when he stepped outside of revelation and reached into what God had not revealed.

He traded revelation based knowing for independent knowing. That is still the pattern of the fall today. When I leave what God said and live in what God did not say, I step out of light and into darkness.

What Belongs to God and What Belongs to Us

Then the Lord reminded me of Deuteronomy chapter 29 verse 29.

“The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever.”

There are things that are secret. These belong to God.
There are things that are revealed. These belong to us.

The unknown belongs to God.
The revealed belongs to you.

We are not responsible for what God has not revealed.
We are responsible for what He has.

That means in our home ownership example, she is not responsible for creating the path, timing, or provision. She is responsible for agreement and obedience where God has spoken.

This truth set my heart at rest.

The Eternal Nature of the Word

The final piece the Lord highlighted is that His word comes from the eternal realm. Every time God speaks, the word comes from before time, beyond time, and outside of our limitations. That is why He can say things like, “My word will not return to Me void.” He is not excited because He hopes it will work. He is confident because the word is already complete in His realm. When God reveals something, He is letting you see a finished story before the visible chapters play out.

Revelation is not the start of something.
Revelation is the announcement of what already is.

Prayer of Alignment With Light

Father, I thank You that every word You speak is eternal, completed, and unchangeable. Help my ears to recognize light when You speak it. Train my heart to believe the moment You reveal, so that I may see fully, look steadfastly, and touch what You have already finished. Lord, I refuse to live inside what You have not revealed. The unknown belongs to You. The revealed belongs to me, and I align with what You have spoken, not with what is missing, not with what I cannot see, and not with what has not manifested. Father, thank You for reminding me today, that Your light cannot be overcome by darkness. Your revelation cannot be undone, and Your instruction cannot return void. Let my obedience become the place where your eternal truth enters time and becomes visible in my life. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

Reflect & Respond

I want to invite you to pause and ask yourself three questions.

1. What has God clearly revealed to me that I have only heard, but not truly seen as already finished?
Have I treated His word as possibility rather than completion?

2. Where have I given more attention to the unknown than to what God has actually revealed?
Have I allowed questions about timing, money, access, or qualification to overshadow what was spoken?

3. What would agreement look like for me right now?
What action represents alignment?

Is it…

• applying
• preparing
• organizing
• studying
• seeking counsel
• positioning myself

Ask the Holy Spirit specifically:

“What is my next step?”

Then take that step—not because you see evidence,
but because the word has already been fulfilled in God’s realm.

Walkng with you in what God has revealed,

Tamminn