Radiance Claiming Your Life in Christ

In optics, radiance is the measure of how much light a surface releases, how strongly it shines, and how far its glow extends. It is important to state clearly that light never appears on its own. It always comes from a source. Whether it's a spark, a flame, or a star, every light has a source. The strength of the source determines the strength of the light.

John 1:4-5 says, “In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.” Light does not appear by chance. It begins with life. Your radiance is directly connected to the life within you. Life is more than breathing or simply existing. Life is the core of your shining. When life flows fully within you, your radiance stretches far. Your purpose expands, your influence increases, your joy is strengthened. But when life is stolen, radiance is dimmed. The enemy understands this. Every attack on your life is truly an attack on your light, on your God-given brilliance, your influence, and your destiny.

Satan has used this method throughout generations. Look at Dinah in Genesis 34. She was the only daughter among Jacob’s children recorded in Scripture. She was meant to be the carrier of generational brilliance.

Sadly, Satan positioned a man called Shechem to dim her radiance. Through the abuse of that one woman, Satan brought down an entire city. The man who raped her died. His father died. All the men in the city were killed (Genesis 34:25-29).

Note that the abuse of a woman often leads to collateral damage. Dinah's family was not exempted. Her brothers became murderers. Jacob was troubled and wounded in his old age (Genesis 34:30). When he was about to die, he even cursed the sons who carried out the attack. The violation of one woman led to the destruction of both the guilty and the innocent.

Do you know that when the man went after Dinah, he even had a deeper secret desire? See what he said to his fellow brethren in Genesis 34:23: “Will not their livestock, their property, and all their animals be ours?” They understood that by violating one girl, they could gain access to the wealth and generational blessing of Abraham. They saw that her stolen life was a doorway into the inheritance of a covenant family.

What many young women do not know is that the enemy saw you as a doorway to greatness. He knew you were designed to be radiant and born to shine. So he positioned dangerous, damaged, and demonic people to come after you. Those people were being used even beyond their own understanding. They were manipulated to steal life. By stealing your life, the enemy hoped to gain access to the lives and destinies connected to you.

Tamar, David’s daughter, is another example of a stolen life. She too was violated, raped, and left desolate—not by an external force, but by a family member. Satan always uses external or internal agents. If not a stepfather, it’s an uncle, a cousin, an aunt, or a father. The abuse of a woman is one of Satan’s quickest tools to destroy multiple lives. Through just one stolen life, destinies, nations, and futures can fall.

My wife and I have met young girls who were used to break marriages, damage men, and tear down destinies through sexual perversion at its peak. When we prayed and asked questions, we discovered that their lives had been stolen at an early stage. A wicked messenger of the enemy came to abuse, rape, and shatter them. They carried the pain, the shame, and the loneliness. Some who could not find healing became instruments of destruction. But those who met Jesus became bright and burning lights again.

I sense the Lord saying, this is your season, precious woman of God. You will shine again. Your life will be restored. Your radiance will be restored. You will manifest the light of life. You will shine. You will live. You will grow, and you will rise in the strength of God. Hallelujah.

Enough of crying. Enough of weep