Darkness into Light

I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them. Isaiah 42:16

If He can turn darkness into light, does that also mean that He can turn the darkness in my own life into light? Not only will He shine a little beacon of hope into the darkness, but He will recreate that darkness as light. He can take the sorrow and pain, the evil that befalls me and turn it into light that glorifies Him. He can use it for my sanctification, for the sanctification of others. Although it may not be a cause of earthly joy, the light He creates out of the darkness is always a cause for our eternal joy when we allow it to be.

How can such a wondrous thing happen? Why would He make such a miracle just for me, for you? Because He is your Creator and He is in love with you! For Him it is as easy and natural a result of His love for us as a mother turning on the light and smoothing out the covers on the bed as she tucks in her child.

We must remember to open our eyes when we would rather shut them in fear against the darkness, to place our hand within His, and to allow Him to lead us on the unfamiliar path. We don’t have to know anything, just trust. Just trust that He loves us. Trust that He is leading us. Trust and believe that He will not forsake us.