At certain periods clouds cover the believers sun, and he walks in darkness and sees no light. There are many who have rejoiced in the presence of God for a season; they have basked in the sunshine in the earlier states of their Christian career; they have walked along the “green pastures” by the side of “still waters,” but suddenly they find the sky is clouded. The best of God’s saints must drink the wormwood; the dearest of His children must bear the cross. No Christian has enjoyed perpetual prosperity.
Perhaps the Lord allotted you at first a smooth and unclouded path, because you were weak and timid. He tempered the wind for the little lamb, but now that you are stronger in your spiritual life, you must enter into the rougher experince of God’s full-grown children. We needs winds and tempests to excecise our faith to to root us more firmly in Christ.
Our loss becomes gain as we walk through the storms, eyes on the hope that “All things work together for good to those who love God and are fitting into His purpose.” Psalm 84:5-7 LB is appropriate here: Happy are those who are strong in the Lord, who want above all else to follow your steps. When they walk through the Valley of Weeping it will become a place of springs where pools of blessing and refreshment collect after rains. They will grow constantly in strength and each of them is invited to meet with the Lord in Zion.
Adapted from Charles Spurgeon
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