Remember This in the Dark Place

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  • When we ask God to work His holy will in us, we ought not to be surprised that the answer leads us sometimes into dark places. Where did it lead His Son? Whom do we follow?

    Sorrow is at the very heart of things human. By taking on Himself human form, Jesus entered fully into our miseries and squalors, and presses us—if we love Him—to enter into the dark experience in order that we may share a little more in His Cross. We cannot know Him, and the power of His resurrection, if we seek to escape being crucified with Him. The end of God’s story is joy—joy unspeakable and full of glory.  

    Lord, You well know how my flesh and my heart shrink from suffering, and how prone I am to forget that I once determined to follow One who was crucified. Yet in Your human flesh, dear Savior, You, too shrank from the bitter cup Your Father offered. I humbly ask you to strengthen my weakness, forgive my hesitancy, and open my understanding that I may gladly receive the small share of pain which is mine. In Jesus’s name.  

    **Excerpt originally published in Guided By God’s Promises, p. 267..