There are times when we cannot see our way, and it seems that darkness is about to overcome and hold us. It must have seemed so to the Christians in Thessalonica. Paul spoke of their grave suffering because of having welcomed his message. Must the coming of the light of God's truth bring suffering? Yes, often it does, and the one who has received it with joy is plunged into darkness. But darkness is not his master! He does not "belong" to it (1 Thes 5:6 NEB) but is in fact a "child of light," having been given word of things to come--resurrection, the sound of an archangel's voice, God's trumpet-call, the descent of the Lord Himself. "God has not destined us to the terrors of judgment.... He died for us so that we, awake or asleep, might live in company with Him" (5:9, 10). A small child is at peace even in the dark if his father or mother is with him. He has company. How different the darkness feels then.
Take the word of the Lord in your darkness. If He died to let us live in his company, is He likely to abandon us just because things look dark?
By Elizabeth Elliot
"I will never, never, never, never, never leave you nor forsake you." Heb 13:5
What Mrs. Elliot said is true. God is with me. If He already saved me for eternity, from the hopelessness and gloom of eternal death, He will certainly not abandon me on the momentary dark and rugged path I am walking. Faith is the wealth of the heavenly life. He will not have His children lacking of it.
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