Aug. 12
LIGHT IN DARKNESS
"For thou art my lamp, O Lord: and the Lord will lighten my
darkness" II Sam. 22:29
Am I in the light? Then thou, O Lord, art my lamp. Take thee away,
and my joy would be gone; but as long as thou art with me, I can do
without the torches of time and the candles of created comfort. What a
light the presence of God casts on all things! We heard of a
lighthouse which could be seen for twenty miles, but our Jehovah is
not only a God at hand, but far off is He seen, even in the enemy's
country. O Lord, I am as happy as an angel when thy love fills my
heart. Thou art all my desire.
Am I in the dark? Then thou, O Lord, wilt lighten my darkness.
Before long things will change. Affairs may grow more and more dreary,
and cloud may be piled upon cloud; but if it grow so dark that I
cannot see my own hand, still I shall see the hand of the Lord. When I
cannot find a light within me, or among my friends, or in the whole
world, the Lord, who said "Let there be light," and there was light,
can say the same again. He will speak me into the sunshine yet. I
shall not die but live. The day is already breaking. This sweet text
shines like a morning star. I shall clap my hands for joy ere many
hours are passed.