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"Yet the LORD will command His
loving-kindness in the daytime,
and in the night His song shall be with me,
and my prayer unto the God of my life."
(Psalm 42:8)
When life is good, and things are running smoothly, it's easy to sing joyfully. But what about the darker times we endure?
Elihu, in the Book of Job, asked, "Where is God who giveth songs in the night?" However, David, in the above verse answers this with, "In the night His songs shall be with me."
Everyone of us will pass through dark valleys sooner or later. All of us will become ill at times. Some of us will become permanently ill. It's an illusion that this side of heaven all diseases will be wiped out with cures. We will all go through periods of suffering, bereavement, discouragement, danger and difficulties.
There are those who give up their fidelity to God because they don't believe God is fair.
They ask:
· "What have I done to deserve this?"
· "Why is there cancer?"
· "Why me?"
How will we answer these and similar questions?
How will we learn to sing songs in darkness?
Here's how: By having faith in the sovereignty of God!
The world is not being ruled by a chance, but by a God who is in control! Even a sparrow cannot fall unnoticed by God. So, He cares for each of us much, much more. Nothing can happen that doesn't concern Him.
Jesus sang in the darkest night of His life on earth. The Apostle John sang songs of joy and praise while in exile on the island of Patmos. At midnight, David arose to give thanks to God. And Paul tells us: "When I am weak, then I am strong."
Our lives will become stronger and our spirituality deeper when we learn to sing songs in darkness.
"At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto Thee because of Thy righteous judgments."
Not unto us, O Lord, but unto Thy name be the glory!
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