The verse I used to skip over
Hello friend,
I want to be honest with you. There’s a verse in Isaiah I used to read quickly and move on from. It made me uncomfortable.
Isaiah 45:7 says, “I create the light and make the darkness. I send good times and bad times. I, the Lord, am the one who does these things.”
Read that slowly. It’s not a verse we reach for when we want to feel better. We’d much prefer a God who only sends good things. But Isaiah reveals something deeper here, and I think it’s exactly what many of us need to hear right now.
God’s sovereignty isn’t selective. He doesn’t disappear when life gets hard. He doesn’t limit his authority to the comfortable bits of our story.
Some of the deepest spiritual growth in my own life has come during seasons when I couldn’t see clearly. When I had to depend on God’s character rather than my own understanding. The darkness, strangely, became sacred space.
If you’re in one of those seasons today, whether it’s money worries, a relationship that’s struggling, health news you didn’t want, or just a low, foggy feeling about the future, I want you to hear this: your darkness isn’t proof God has abandoned you. It may well be the very place he’s doing his most significant work.
This week I’m beginning a new series called Hidden Riches, looking at the treasure God buries in life’s hardest moments. I’d love you to join me.
▶ Watch today’s full devotional here:
With you in the journey.
Rob
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