Light in Dark Times

Job 17:11,12  

"My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the 

thoughts of my heart. They change the night into day: 

the light is short because of darkness." 

      The book of Job speaks to the brokenhearted. It’s a book that gives voice to the hurting, the lost, and those struggling to make sense of their lives in the context of a God driven world. Job was simply expressing his feelings about having his dreams shattered. It's like writing all your life dreams on a board, and then someone comes along and  takes an eraser and wipes them all away. Sometimes life can be that way. Sometimes all the plans we had for our life evaporate before us when we least expect it.

      The book of Job can be comforting in witnessing the way a man of God goes through similar circumstances and devastating emotions. We learn from Job that we are never alone in our grief. Many before us have gone through tragedies, and many are going through difficulties we don’t even know about right now. 

      What does it mean that night is turned into day? Job was so troubled by his circumstances that when he should have been peacefully asleep at night, he was awake as though it were day. His worries kept him wired and awake. However, just as changing our perspective in our lives can change our experience, so we can shift our perspective of this verse slightly and obtain a new meaning. 
      We can understand that the dark times, the night of our lives, can be like daytime like the good times when we cling to the light of God. Then we can see that "in the face of the darkness light is near." At any point in our life, all it takes is a shift in perspective to turn darkness into light. When we change our perspective, we can change our lives. We must find the good in all that happens to us. As we keep God’s Word close to our heart, we will always have a guiding light.

      Amen!

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May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry