From Darkness to Marvelous Light

• By candidasullivan
• January 14, 2026
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Are you locked in the prison of your mind when the door is wide open?

The first time I heard this perspective, it knocked the breath out of me.
I gasped in the horror of my reality.

I was the problem.

I clung to my problems, complaints, and limitations as if they were part of who I was. Even more than that, I fought to stay locked in the prison I had created for myself.

I was a victim.

I didn’t believe I deserved the good gifts God wanted to give me. So I rejected His blessings and held tightly to my pain. And when the pain eased just a little, I somehow found a way to increase it—not intentionally, but I still did it.

Every day, a war raged in my mind. I said I wanted to be healthy, to heal, to live free of pain, yet I sabotaged myself. I smoked, ate foods that caused inflammation, and stayed in bed far longer than I should have, overwhelmed and stuck in my pain.

It took me a long time to see this truth:

If I was the problem, I could also be the solution.

Sweet friends, we can’t pray effectively without faith. Asking God to heal me while secretly believing it wasn’t possible didn’t make healing possible. Doubt robbed my prayers of power.

When I finally came to the place of believing—truly believing—that healing was possible if it was God’s will, everything changed.

God’s will is not about being good enough, worthy enough, or qualified.
It’s about being loved.

It’s not about who I am—it’s about who God is.

When we receive His gifts with gratitude and love, it pleases Him. When we are saved, we become part of His royal family. We inherit the benefits of being His child. The excuses of “I’m not good enough” no longer apply. We are made worthy by the blood of Jesus.

The enemy wants to steal our blessings. He wants us to stay trapped in the poverty of our minds, believing there isn’t enough for us. When God’s supply is abundant.

When this truth settled in my heart, I felt deep sorrow for doubting my Lord… and for staying imprisoned when the door had been open the whole time.

Today, sweet friends, let’s pray together.

Let’s ask God to break every chain the enemy has convinced us is still attached to us. Let’s trust Him to help us overcome every lie, every limitation, and every false belief, and step into the life He created us to live.

And let us rejoice daily in the abundance of His incredible blessings.

1 Peter 2:9 KJV 9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;