Treasures in the Darkness

“Though you walk in the dark, keep on,
for there you will find treasures that will be seen in the light.”
Loren Thornburg

Life is full of ups and downs, highs and lows, mountain tops and valleys, places where things feel full of light and places of darkness. We would prefer it to be full of ups, highs, mountain tops, and light. Unfortunately it is only by the darkness of the dark that we understand the greatness found in the light. So often we find that the greatest treasures this life has to bring are in the places we thought least likely to find them. They are in the dark, in the hard, in those low places of our lives. And what’s more is that it is those hard places that bring us to even more light in our life; light that we would not have known were it not for the darkness. It is in the darkness that we find treasures we would have missed if not for the darkness. So though you walk in the dark know that the treasures will be seen in the light.

“And I will give you treasures hidden in the darkness—secret riches. I will do this so you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, the one who calls you by name.”
Isaiah 45:3 NLT

Are you walking through a tough time?...God is there! He is walking with you, even in the darkness. He made both the light and the dark. There is nowhere that you can go that He is not there. Knowing that He is with you even in your darkness it only makes sense that there would be treasures there, secret riches! He loves to show Himself to you! He is calling you by name through your darkness…can you hear Him? He is calling you into His treasures and His riches. No matter where you are, or how you got there He wants you to let Him be God and show Himself as Himself…all powerful, all knowing, all wise, all wonderful, all good, all God! You may not see Him, you may not hear Him, you may not have the treasures yet but know He is there, He is calling you by name, He is giving you treasures and riches that you may know that He is Lord even more, even deeper, even greater than ever before. That is who He is and He can’t help but do it any other way. Hold onto His truth and don’t miss His treasures. They may be hidden in your darkness.