SHADOW IS PROOF OF SUNSHINE

February 13

Psalms 119:55-56 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 remember the name of the Lord when in the light, when everything goes well. The difficulty we have is to remember Him in the same way when it is dark; when everything goes wrong. God puts us in the dark to prove to us that He is light: that all a time of shadow proves is the presence of the sun somewhere.

There are times when the darkness in our lives can be so thick that it seems to own substance. It is at such times though that light is most noticeable and appreciated. In the complete darkness, even a candle can be seen from very far. During such somber times, we are often tempted to stray, but if when in the deep of night, we remember the Lord, He will be that candle. He will light our path and help us keep His instructions with integrity.

We cannot chase the darkness of night on our own. All we can do is turn on the light, the light of His name, the lamp of His Word, 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 us and never forsake us; that He will carry us so we do not dash our foot against a stone.

Let us remember His Name and His promises when in the dark and He shall be more to us than a light and better than a known way.

Hebrews 12:2-4 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.