When I was a child, a power outage felt terrifying.

The lights would go off, and suddenly everything familiar felt uncertain. Shadows stretched. Sounds felt louder. Even my own room did not feel the same.

Maybe you remember that feeling too.

In this second part of The Darkness vs The Light series: Operating in the Darkness, we move beyond simply acknowledging the dark and begin asking what happens when we learn to function in it.

Because after fear comes adjustment. Your eyes adapt. You learn how to move. You figure out where things are without needing the switch. But just because you can operate in the dark does not mean you were created for it.

And this is where it becomes deeper.

Darkness is not only something we fear. It can become something we grow comfortable in. What begins as survival can slowly turn into permission. Things done quietly. Choices made in hidden places. Patterns formed where no one sees. What we allow in the night has a way of determining what appears in the day.

So what does it mean to operate in the darkness?

When does adaptation become compromise?

And how do we know whether we are navigating the dark… or being formed by it?

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In the beginning…

Darkness.

Formless. Void.

And evening passed, and morning came.

If you grew up in church, you have heard these words before. The very first lines. The first page. In the beginning, God created. It sounds simple. Familiar. Almost easy to move past.

But before light was spoken into existence, the earth was formless and void. Darkness covered the deep.

What is it about darkness?

Why does creation begin there?

And what does it mean that God did not eliminate the darkness first, but spoke into it?

On today’s episode, Darkness vs The Light: The Introduction, we begin unpacking the depth behind those opening verses. The artistry.

The tension. The separation of light from darkness. What it reveals about darkness from the very start.

Because maybe this is not just about the first page of Scripture.

Maybe it is about understanding what God does when everything feels unformed.

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Throughout Scripture, we hear stories of people growing, expanding, and encountering God in powerful ways.

But what happens when His voice feels distant?

When the silence becomes heavy… when it feels like too much to carry?

On today's episode on the ZLP, "When God is Silent", we take a different turn. A reflective one. A real one. This episode is for those quietly holding a lot inside, where so much is happening beneath the surface, but the words don’t always come out.

Together, we explore what Scripture says about seasons like this, who we can lean on, and what it looks like to bring our silence, our questions, and our emotions back to God instead of hiding them behind a smile.

Before you listen, pause for a moment. Let your mind go back to a time when it truly felt like God was silent. Sit with it. And then come as you are.

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