John 1:5 "And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not."
When we are
going through trials, we tend to forget the promises that God has
spoken to us. Don't let it happen! What God told you in the light, remember in the darkness! His Word is true during your time on the
mountaintop and in the valley. Just keep praising and believing God.
There is a reason you are in the valley...a lesson to be learned.
Learn it, apply it to your life, and continue to grow in Him! And always be listening!
God does not
leave you in the dark alone. He makes darkness his secret place.
(Psalm 18:11) And there is always something to be learned. God is
always speaking. Keep listening for His voice through “glimmers of
light”. It only takes a glimmer of light to dissipate the
darkness.
Those glimmers
of light can come through many different ways. God knows you
personally. Begin to listen and see the ways that He speaks to you.
For example for me:
1. God Speaks
Through His Word.
Hebrews 4:12 "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any
two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and
spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart."
Always stay in
His Word during times of trial. When reading His Word, something
always “jumps off the page” and pierces my heart, being exactly what I needed.
2. God Gives An
Encouraging Word
Psalm 119:103 "How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!"
God speaks words
of encouragement through other people. He can use them to minister to
you or sometimes the person doesn't even know they are being used.
They just say something that really brings
revelation and comfort.
3. God Ministers
Through A Song (Songs of Deliverance)
Psalm 32:7 "Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah."
Keep praising
God through the dark times. I have found many times where God brings
just the right song that ministers to my heart bringing deliverance to my situation.
4. God Speaks
Through Parables
Mark 4:2 "He taught us many things by parables."
I have found in
my own personal life where God will use what He knows are my favorite
things, to speak to me, teaching me lessons, through parables just as
He did in His Word. For example, one of my favorite things is
butterflies. Using the life of a butterfly along with some of my own
personal experiences, through inspiration from God, I created the heart
and purpose of a book I wrote and had published in 2004.
He knows what we need, even before we ask!! (Matthew 6:8)
What “glimmers
of light” has God used to bring you out of a dark time?
