There are moments when we draw near to God naturally because we are happy and want to give Him the praise that He deserves, because nothing beautiful comes from this world we live in other than by the grace of our God.
But what about when our hope is torn, when our fight or flight instincts kick in and we are surrounded by the darkness of our minds, what then?
We turn to God in a pleading manner to rid us of this pain and agony. Why do we feel so deserted as if no one hears our cries, as if no one knows our pains. Why won't someone do something to ease this monster inside of us that is raging for relief.
What if God wants us there- in the dark for a moment? What if He welcomes this darkness in our lives to dwell within us because of something blessed within it? What if we welcomed the darkness, the pains, the struggles? What would we discover?
We might discover that God has never left us or forsaken us. He Promises that He will be the light in the dark. He Promises that we can not be taken from Him. He Promises that we are his and we are beloved. He Promises eternal life with Him, if we accept Jesus for who He is- God's one and only Son, the lamb of God, our King.
So who is this Jesus? How does He know what I am going through?
Because ... "He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, ad we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. " Isaiah 53:3-5
Let us not forget that He went through whatever it is that you are going through. The darkness will not swallow you up and eat you whole. It's okay to sit and be still and feel the pains as they come, we will get through this. Jesus knows.
