“And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and…all hope…was then taken away. Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said…I believe God…” While visiting an adult Sunday School class, I was asked during the participation time my definition for faith; my reply was simply, “Trusting God in the dark.” It seems God chose to teach the apostle this from his conversion. For we are told, “…he was three days without sight.”
All men and women of faith experience what St. John of the Cross termed, “The Dark Night of the Soul.” When God made promise to Abraham that He would perform the impossible in his life, we are told, “…and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him.”
Oh, beloved saint, you can trust God in the dark! It is said, after Jesus experienced the darkest time in the history of mankind that “…very early in the morning…at the rising of the sun,” He rose again. And I guarantee you dear child of God, after the darkness is past, you to will rise to a “…morning without clouds.”
You who are sitting in darkness will soon hear the words, "Let there be light." And there will be light!
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