While writing about my experiences from darkness to light, the words “But God” came to mind and totally changed my first draft of this blog into what this is now. I have seen the saying “But God” on shirts, hats, sweatshirts, there is even a Christian song out that is called “But God”, but I had never really done much studying on specific verses that say, “But God”. So, I decided I was going to do some studying about the words “But God” in the Bible. I looked up around 20 verses with the words “But God” and it was so powerful to see how a person or a group of people could be overcome with so much darkness, BUT GOD stepped in and did what only He can do, turn it to light.
Before I started digging, I wanted to first look up the meaning of the word “but” and this is what I found.
It is used to introduce a phrase or clause contrasting what has already been mentioned.
As I was reading, if I saw the words, “But God”, I knew the situation I was reading about was about to change and for the better. The situation was dark, But God was about to turn it into light. Below are some of the verses that were the most impactful to me while looking up verses with the words, “But God”.
Side note: These are just single verses taken out of whole chapters in the Bible. If one of these verses is stirring inside you, I encourage you to look it up and read the whole chapter and even the chapter before and after for more context of the entirety of the darkness that God has turned to light
1 Samuel 23:14 – “David then stayed in the wilderness strongholds and in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul searched for him every day, but God did not hand David over to him.”
David was on the run from Saul and I’m sure he was dismayed, BUT GOD did not forsake him.
Psalm 73:26 – “My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.”
Oh, how our heart can be so deceitful and put us in total darkness sometimes, BUT GOD is where we should get our strength and value, not in the world.
Romans 5:8 – “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
Do you ever have the thoughts of, “Why would God love me? I’m a sinner”, BUT GOD loved you while you were still sinning, while you were at your lowest. He loved you even then.
1 Corinthians 3:6 – “I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.”
Paul and Apollos had taught people about Jesus, BUT GOD is where the real growth happens.
Do you rely on something or someone to pull you out of the darkness? I know I have. I have found myself indulging on the world’s idea of happiness instead of God, but there was no growth in that, no true light. Spending time with God is the only way to turn your darkness into light. We are all going to have a dark day, dark week, or even a dark season, BUT GOD says “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life”. John 8:12
Follow him ladies, keep spending time with Him because eventually the light in this world will turn off, but the light of God never will.
We want to thank Bethany Williams for sharing this post.
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