What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight;
what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs.
Matthew 10:27
At times God put us through the discipline of darkness to teach us to heed him.
Song birds are taught to sing in the dark, and we are put into the shadow of
God’s hand until we learn to hear Him… Are you in the dark just now in your
circumstances, or in your life with God? Then remain quiet. If you open your
mouth in the dark, you will talk in the wrong mood: darkness is the time to
listen. Don’t talk to other people about it; don’t read books to find out the reason
of the darkness, but listen and heed. If you talk to other people, you cannot
hear what God is saying. When you are in the dark, listen, and God will give you very
precious message for someone else when you get into light.
After every time of darkness there comes a mixture of delight and humiliation…
What a long time I was in hearing that! How slow I have been in understanding that!
And yet God has been saying it all these days and weeks. Now He gives you the gift
of humiliation which brings the softness of heart that will always listen to God now.
My Utmost For His Highest by Oswald Chambers A Barbour Book copyright 1935 p.45.
