Daily Devotion

February 15, 2006

Psa 119:55-56 KJV  I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.  (56)  This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

It is easy to claim trust in the Lord when in the light, when everything goes well.  The difficult thing is to trust Him when in the dark of night, when everything goes wrong. But God sometimes puts us in the dark to prove to us that He is light, and all a shadow proves is the presence of the sun somewhere!

At times darkness in our lives can be so thick that it feels you can cut it with a knife, but in the same way that His grace much more abounds in sin, a candle will shine brighter and brighter as the darkness grows deep.  During such times, we are often tempted to stray, but if in the deep of night, we remember the LORD, He will be that candle that will light the path for you to help you keep His Law with integrity.  

You cannot chase the darkness of night on your own; all you can do is turn on the light, the light of His name, and the darkness will flee away on its own.  

Never doubt in the dark what God has spoken in the light. He has promised that He will be with thee and never forsake thee; that He will carry you so that you would dash you foot against a stone. Remember His Name and His promises when in the dark and He shall be more to you than a light and better than a known way.

Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
(Heb 12:2-4 KJV)