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"Yet the LORD will command
his
loving-kindness in the daytime,
and in the night his song
shall be with me,
and my prayer unto the God
of my life."
Psalm 42:8
Songs in Darkness
When life is
good, and things are running smoothly,
it's easy to
sing joyfully.
But what
about the darker times we endure?
Elihu, in
the Book of Job, asked,
"Where
is God who giveth songs in the night?"
However,
David, in the above verse answers this with,
"In
the night His songs shall be with me."
Everyone of
us will pass through dark valleys
sooner or
later.
All of us
will become ill at times.
Some of us
will become permanently ill.
It is an
illusion that this side of heaven
all diseases
will be wiped out with cures.
We will
all go through periods of suffering,
bereavement,
discouragement,
danger and
difficulties.
There are
those who give up their fidelity
to God
because they do not believe God is fair.
They ask,
"What have I
done to deserve this?"
"Why is
there cancer?"
"Why me?"
How will we
answer these and similar questions?
How will we
learn to sing songs in darkness?
Here's how .
. .
By having
faith in the
sovereignty of God!
The world is
not being ruled by a chance,
but by a God
who is in control!
Even a
sparrow cannot fall unnoticed by God.
So, He cares
for each of us much, much more.
Nothing can
happen that does not concern Him.
Jesus sang
in the darkest night of His life
on earth.
The
Apostle John sang songs of joy and praise
while in
exile on the island of Patmos.
At midnight,
David arose to give thanks to God.
And Paul
tells us,
"When
I am weak, then I am strong."
Our lives
will become stronger
and our
spirituality deeper
when we
learn to sing songs in darkness.
"At midnight I will rise to give
thanks
unto thee because of thy righteous
judgments."
"Lord Dictated
Them"
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