Our first promise is found in Psalm 19:28: “For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.”
A candle does not give a great deal of light, but it has been very useful when our electric lights have gone out and left us in the darkness. God may not give us all the light we would like to have, but we will have at least a candle to lighten the darkness in which we often find ourselves. It is indeed very dark sometimes, and it may seem that there will never be any light for us again. But then we see a faint glimmer of light, that grows until we can see clearly a few steps at a time. That is all we need to see, just a few steps at a time. When we have taken these few steps, the light moves on ahead of us and we can see a few steps more. If we trust God and know that he is leading us, we will eventually see the true Light in all his glory, our dear Savior who will forever lighten our lives.
We will not dwell on the 23rd Psalm at this point, but will later take it up in its entirety, as well as Psalm 91. Suffice it to say that if we thoroughly believe and act upon these two Psalms there will never he anything to fear.
The second promise is found in Psalm 30:5: “For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.”
Perhaps we may have incurred God’s displeasure by some sin or neglect. But his anger endured but a moment, for as soon as we turned to him and asked for forgiveness he forgave us and took us into fellowship again. Weeping may and does endure during a night of grief and sorrow, but the night will pass even in this life, as the morning of God’s love overtakes and surrounds us. And soon it will be eternal morning where there will be no more sorrow, pain, sickness or death (Rev. 21:4). It will come sooner than we think, so let us be patient and know that Christ is even now at the door.
The third promise is found in Psalm 31:7: “I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast known my soul in adversities.”
What a comfort it is to realize that God knows our souls in adversities. He considers our trouble, and we rejoice because he shows us his mercy. We may and do have many adversities, but God knows and considers our troubles, and so we may be certain that whatever happens to us is his will and for our best good. How wonderful it is that the great God of the mighty universe knows OUR troubles and considers them. When HE considers them, we know that eventually all things will be well because HE will never forsake us and we can trust him—Always.
The Origin of the Organic World – Part One