Running in the Dark

A life with Christ is so unrelentingly difficult must of the time. One week things seem to be strategically and organizationally in order and ready for a straight and easy path, yet the next may seem to lead down a road of winds, turns, and dark places that would paralyze even the strongest of men and mock any pride within. Making a shift in the spirit to produce a godly example even in the midst of this kind of turmoil seems unrealistic and even improbable at times. How on earth can I seem to be the leader that God has called me to be even in the midst of these trials. These decisions. How they haunt my every waking moment and cause me to need, yet I somehow seem to find no time to plead with the fulfiller of all needs for strength. How immeasurable is His grace and how inscrutable are His ways, yet I am just a man and how measurable is my wisdom. However, I trust in the Lord that by seeking and asking for wisdom He is faithful to provide as He spoke through His faithful servant James. It is a task too great to undertake alone, and for me and my soon to be wife it seems that most of the time we are trying to do it alone, even through our best effort to portray otherwise. Where is our hope if it is not in the Lord? Where is our strength if it is not in our God? How can a man stand face to face with a giant likened unto Goliath and defeat it without the Spirit of the Sovereign Lord of Hosts on his side? I tell you, it is impossible. Therefore, the best thing to remember when running in the dark, is that there is One who sees when you of course do not.

"A man's steps are from the Lord; how then can man understand his way?"

- Proverbs 20:24

Praise be to You, God of all things. You know all, own all, and hold with the power of our Word. All glory, honor, and praise be to your name.

Amen