The Light

Some troubles come and linger so long, we give up looking for the light at the end of the tunnel.  Noah and his wife must have felt like that as they were cooped up day after day after day with all those animals inside a big boat.  No doubt there was plenty to keep them busy as they shoveled out the Ark at the end of each day, but it surely got old before it was over.  And, then, the Hebrews endured 430 years of captivity before God heard their cries and sent Moses to be His man of the hour. 

 

Sometimes trouble seems to have no end.  At this point we find ourselves settling into whatever it is that is a part of this particular season of trouble.  We have moved into a different routine.  We are practicing a frugality designed to make things taken for granted last longer.  We live with the growing awareness that the only certain thing is uncertainty.  And, we are once again learning that having control has always been just an illusion.  Life is about living without being able to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

 

Life is also about living with faith.  The writer of Hebrews wrote, "Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen."  (Hebrew 11:1)   The fact that we cannot see the end of this particular season of trouble does not mean it is beyond the perimeters of God's power.  The light of Christ which has touched our life and transformed it continues to shine in full power.  We may not be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel, but we are daily able to see and experience this light which shines in the darkness and which cannot ever be overcome by any darkness.  (John 1:5)  No matter how long we endure the darkness, God continues to hear us and God continues to work out His plan for our deliverance.  It is what God has done, is doing, and will continue to do.