Trust God Even At Your Darkest of Times

Scripture Reading: Psalm 31:19-24

Focus Verse: Psalm 31:21 “Praise be to the Lord, for He showed me the wonders of His love when I was in a city under siege.”

As I write this devotion the east coast of the United States is being pounded by a powerful hurricane storm.  We also have watched on the TV how this same storm earlier smashed into the Bahama Islands with winds as strong as 300 kilometers per hour.  Thousands of homes were destroyed and over 30 people lost their lives and they fear many more have been killed.  Many people in the Bahamas are living through the darkest hours of their lives. They have lost everything and some have even lost family members.  I heard the testimony of one man who said that the flood waters got so high in his house his wife was standing on a table in the kitchen and then she drowned.  He then had to swim out of his house into the raging wind and waves to a boat near his house to save his own life.

We may never encounter hardships like this, but we all go through difficult times in our lives. The weight of the world seems to be pressing on us from all sides, and we can't see our way out of that dark place.  In our scripture reading David felt the same way when he wrote “I’m in a city under siege.”  Let me tell you, no matter how dark the darkness, God’s love can always reach you even if you are facing death.  If you are a child of God you have nothing to fear.  The apostle Paul says it best in Romans 8:38-39  “I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present, nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”  Those are probably some of the most comforting verses in the Bible.  No matter what circumstance you find yourself in today.  

You can know that the peace and love of God can always find you even in the darkest of places.

Bobby Johnson
Interlocking Ministries