Walking In The Dark Times

My Utmost For His Highest

 

‘We will be scattered, not into service but into the emptiness of our lives where we will see ruin and barrenness, to know what internal death to God’s blessings means. Are we prepared for this? It is certainly not of our own choosing, but God engineers our circumstances to take us there. Until we have been through that experience, our faith is sustained only by feelings and by blessings. But once we get there, no matter where God may place us or what inner emptiness we experience, we can praise God that all is well. That is what is meant by faith being exercised in the realities of life.[…] Have we been scattered and have we left Jesus alone by not seeing His providential care for us? Do we not see God at work in our circumstances? Dark times are allowed and come to us through the sovereignty of God. Are we prepared to let God do what He wants with us? Are we prepared to be separated from the outward, evident blessings of God? Until Jesus Christ is truly our Lord, we each have goals of our own which we serve.’ CHAMBERS

 

I know that many books have been written about why bad things happen to good people.  Good defined as Christians.  The Bible is clear that we will all face difficult times … because you are a Christian does not mean you will be spared from them.  The question is … how will you respond? Will you turn to despair … become angry at God … or trust God and let His light shine through you in that dark time. Or did you pray that God would intervene and He did. Then you turned immediately away from Him and continued with your life, pursuing your own  ambitions, forgetting about God until the next time you “skin your knee”.  For a Christian, a self-focused life is a wasted life. The way we live our lives and how we respond to hardship is supposed to be a beacon shining for those who are about to ship-wrecked on the rocks and be lost forever.  Don’t waste a second of the new life you have been given.  Walk in it is power … and let God use you for His purpose, which is to draw people to Himself.

 

Bondye Beni Ou (God Bless You)