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God's Working in Your Darkness
"All that night the Lord drove the sea back" (Exodus 14:21).
"And Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was." (Exodus 20:21).
A pillar of clouds separated the camp of Israel from the army of Egypt. It brought darkness to Pharoah and the hordes of Egypt, but illuminated the night sky for Israel. Movies have depicted the Red Sea parting in just a few moments, but the Bible says that God parted the sea by sending forth a strong east wind to blow all night. The children of Israel awakened in the morning, not to find a sea that needed parting, but to find a sea that had already been parted by God during the night.
Perhaps you are walking through a period of darkness in your life. You cannot see God moving in the midst of your trials, and it seems He is nowhere to be found. You doubt God. You question Him. You can't understand why this thing has happened to you. And you wonder if God will ever answer, and if you will ever walk in victory again. While darkness covered the earth, God was at work "all that night" providing a way of escape for the Israelites. When the darkness surrendered to the advance of morning, and the sun bathed the landscape in its light, it was then that the people saw and knew that God had been working. I urge you to keep believing and trusting. God is at work in your darkness. One day, His glorious light will flood your soul, casting away the darkness, and revealing the work He has done! "Weeping may endure for the night," David penned in a psalm, "but joy cometh in the morning." (Psalms 30:5).
Lord, we question and doubt You. We can't see Your hands at work in the darkness of our trials. Help us to hold on and believe that You are working, even now, and are lifting up a standard against the flood.
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