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Summer Series
“Developed in the Dark”
Dr. Chris Vaught

What if the “darkroom” isn’t rejection... it’s refinement?

God develops you in the dark before He reveals you in the light.

Your gifting may get you noticed, but your character determines how long you stay.

Exodus 2:12, 15
Looking all around and seeing no one, [Moses] struck the Egyptian dead and hid him in the sand…When Pharaoh heard about this, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in the land of Midian, and sat down by a well.

Exodus 2:19
They answered, “An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”

In the darkness God reveals what needs to be removed so you can become who he has planned you to be.

Phase One:  The Gershon Phase
The times you feel Invisible are often when God is building your character.

Exodus 2:21-22
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage. She gave birth to a son whom he named Gershom, for he said, “I have been a resident alien in a foreign land.”

Isolation does not mean separation!

Phase Two: The Eliezer Phase
The moments you realize God is your help and strength.

Exodus 18:4
…and the other [son named] Eliezer (because he had said, “The God of my father was my helper and rescued me from Pharaoh’s sword”).

The darkroom doesn’t mean you’re forgotten. It means the image God is developing in you is too important to expose it too early.