"Kerstin,
you would not pass for a blind person in a million years!" said my friend,
Christopher. In spite of his blindness, he was determined to live a normal
life. He attended regular high school, went swimming with us in the lakes around
Berlin, and played the piano in a jazz-band. Christopher adapted amazingly, but
his steps were uncertain because he always walked in complete darkness. The day
I borrowed his cane and confidently walked down the sidewalk with my eyes
tightly shut, he heard by the speed of my steps that I knew where I was going.
I had seen the path only seconds earlier – an advantage my blind friend didn’t
have.
As believers, we sometimes feel as if we are walking in darkness. We don't understand what God is doing and he feels far from us. I am not talking about a separation caused by sin, but a feeling of distance from God, sometimes resulting from a traumatic experience, exhaustion, or even without an obvious cause. God wants to use this time to mature us in our faith. We are given the choice to either grope around uncertainly in the darkness, believing the lie that there is no hope and that God does not care, or we can cling to God by standing on His unchanging truth.
As believers, we sometimes feel as if we are walking in darkness. We don't understand what God is doing and he feels far from us. I am not talking about a separation caused by sin, but a feeling of distance from God, sometimes resulting from a traumatic experience, exhaustion, or even without an obvious cause. God wants to use this time to mature us in our faith. We are given the choice to either grope around uncertainly in the darkness, believing the lie that there is no hope and that God does not care, or we can cling to God by standing on His unchanging truth.
· Below are some verses, which are
helpful to remember in this situation. Look them up and write the one that is
most meaningful to you in the space below :
Nahum 1:7, Malachi 3:6, Isaiah 58:11a, Jeremiah 29:11, Job 42:2.
Nahum 1:7, Malachi 3:6, Isaiah 58:11a, Jeremiah 29:11, Job 42:2.
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This is where our walk can be different from that of someone who does not know the Lord because, in spite of the darkness, we have a clear picture of who God is and what His plans are for us. Our feelings may change, but our God does not. Let us not be mistaken for a blind person in a million years!
"Let
the one who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord
and rely on their God." (Is. 50:10b)
· Which specific truths do you want to
remember in times of darkness?
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