Praise Him in the Dark

Do you fear the dark? I’m not really talking about the “night” as much as I mean the “dark night of the soul.” The times when you simply don’t feel the presence of God; the times when we feel less Psalm 23 and more Psalm 88!

Consider something, God made the light of day, but He also made the dark of night. Listen to Psalm 104:19-20,

“He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting. You make darkness, and it is night, when all the beasts of the forest creep about.”

We love the hour of sunrise…the light comes in the eastern sky, the birds celebrate a new day, but I sat outside last night. The day choir of bird choruses was resting, but my ears were full…in fact it was louder than the daytime…it was time for the night choir sing.

We often focus on the Day Choir…the birds singing, the wind blowing in the trees, all praising our Maker, but the volume of the Night Choir is simply…loud. Katydids, crickets, cicadas, frogs, and the occasional owl…they too all sing for the glory of their Creator.

As I sat there last night, I thought about how we often view our lives…when darkness comes: depression, hardship, grief, we often forget the call to continually praise our King. But it would seem the insects teach us a lesson…when the darkness comes the time to praise is NOW!

Maybe the lightning bugs are a good reminder of what John said, “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” Trust the Providence of God in the day and night and worship Him.