Trust God in the Dark

Isaiah 50:10-11 - "Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the word of his servant?

Let the one who walks in the dark, who has no light,

trust in the name of the Lord and rely on their God.

But now, all you who light fires and provide yourselves with flaming torches,go, walk in the light of your fires and of the torches you have set ablaze.This is what you shall receive from my hand:You will lie down in torment."

A friend of mine shared on this verse. It is a very powerful verse that talks about putting our trust in God and not other things. The people of Israel were going through a dark time in their history due to their disobedience, and rebellion. They were making sacrifices to false gods / idols. They were thinking that the very thing that was destroying them could save them from destruction. Yet, it brought them torment instead.

Where do you put your trust?

Do you put it in your capability? Do you put it in others capability? Are you lighting your own fire or torch? Are you trying to save yourself, and find your own way?

The Bible says faith without works is dead. (James 2:20) We have a part that we need to play. We have things we need to do. On the other side of the coin, works without faith is dead works. If we are scurrying around in in our own strength and wisdom, it will only bring a false security, and more often then not, it will not end well with us. God is not pleased when we don't obey and trust Him. He is not pleased when we don't listen to His voice or direction.

We live in dark times. We may even feel that we are living in the dark. Things may make no sense to us. We may see trouble everywhere we turn or look. Disaster or death may be knocking on the door. In all of these things we need to trust and rely on God and no other thing. We may be in the dark. We many not see clearly the way ahead, but darkness is as light to our God. (Psalms 139:12)