Glimmers of Light

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?