If you cannot trust God in the dark, how can anybody believe that you trust Him at all? It is in the dark hours of life that we have the best opportunity to prove the strength and value of our faith. "Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness." Go on believing in God's goodness and wisdom. You wonder why God does not roll the clouds away. It may be you have been walking in the dark a long while. You will discover presently that your disappointment was but the shadow of His presence, revealing to you other and better plans and a brighter hope. Trust everything to God, and trust Him for everything.
Through some reverse of fortune or turn of events, your plans have been broken up and you have been forced to abandon a long-cherished hope.
Perhaps disappointment has darkened your way. Remember His promise is, "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." No matter how dark your way, go on trusting in God. It may be you walk in the darkness of affliction, or in a night of sorrow. All the silver and gold are His, and the cattle on a thousand hill. It may be you walk in the darkness of poverty. The darkness may blind your eyes, but not His. It is the picture of one who fears the Lord and obeys Him, yet walks in darkness and has no light.įor all who may be passing through this experience, Isaiah has this word: "Let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God." Never mind the darkness. Many will recognize the experience described here as their own.
Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of His servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? Let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.