Who among you fears the Lord
and obeys his servant?
If you are walking in darkness,
without a ray of light,
trust in the Lord
and rely on your God.
But watch out, you who live in your own light
and warm yourselves by your own fires.
This is the reward you will receive from me:
You will soon fall down in great torment.—Isaiah 50:10-11 (NLT)
Heavenly Father,
When darkness closes in around me and it seems like there is no light left from You for me to follow, help me to trust You still—in those darkest hours—until Your light shines brightly once more for me and I can clearly see the perfect path You have had me on, all along.
Help me always to put my trust
in You alone—out of recognition of Your goodness to me, Your unlimited and all
sufficient power, and in awe of Your majesty and unfailing love for me—as I
entrust my life to Christ’s care and control, through my obedience to his
commands.
Keep me from following
after those who walk in darkness, who try in vain to kindle their own light in
order to find their way through this life—who put their confidence in themselves
and strike out to make their own way, relying only in the sputtering and faltering
sparks of light that they produce.
Keep me from falling in with
those who find their momentary warmth and comfort in the passing pleasures of
this world, in the fleeting happiness of their possessions, and in seductive
emotions of their lusts—whose torment is in the fear of losing that which they
cannot possibly hold onto and whose ultimate end is eternal death.
Keep me from allowing the
darkness that surrounds me to rob me of the hope of the light that is coming
for me.
When darkness closes in around me and it seems like there is no light left from You for me to follow, help me to trust You still—in those darkest hours—until Your light shines brightly once more for me and I can clearly see the perfect path You have had me on, all along.
In the name of Jesus,
Amen.
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