How much of our faith today rests on our comforts? How much of our church going experience relies on our consumer mentality - what can I get out if this? But when the dark nights, the worst of life happens, when grief and loss gut our normalcy, where is our faith? Today’s study and Scripture point to our Savior who experienced the worst that our world could throw at Him. He knows exactly that our world is lacking a long list of corrections. He came to redeem and reconcile and we wait for our full redemption and reconciliation. It will happen but we wait. We move forward with His presence in us as the deposit of what is to come.
“So, we need not fear the dark. It’s not the absence of God but the refining of our sight. It’s not death but gestation. The Western soul may be aching and disoriented, but hasn’t been abandoned. It’s being gently led into mystery.
The question is: How do we remain faithful in the dark? How do we listen when there’s no sound? How do we trust when the path disappears?
Faithfulness in the night means letting go of what no longer gives life, practicing unseen acts of love, turning toward God even when God feels absent, and waiting with hope, even when there’s no guarantee of dawn.” - Graham Joseph Hill
“Oh, that you would come and begin simply to listen to His Word and to ask only the one question: Does He really mean that I should abide in Him? The answer His Word gives is so simple and so sure: By His almighty grace you now are in Him; that same almighty grace will indeed enable you to abide in Him. By faith you became partakers of the initial grace; by that same faith you can enjoy the continuous grace of abiding in Him.” - Andrew Murray, Abide in Christ: The Joy of Being in God's Presence
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