Sit in Darkness

January 6, 2014 - Sit in Darkness – Bread Verse by Dorothy Callies

Micah 7:8c “When I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.”

What was Micah going through when he said, “When I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me?” Micah was a prophet and he was “seeing” some downfalls of the capital city of Samaria and the capital city of Jerusalem. He was grieved over Israel who were not serving God for a time being. He had a vision of God’s judgment over the Israel.

Yet Micah said, “Therefore I will look unto the Lord: I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me” (Micah 7:7 KJV). Micah put his trust in God for the salvation. Micah showed great faith in God. Micah would wait upon God because God hears and saves when help is needed.

Micah was confidence that God would bring His people through when times were tough. Micah knew that Israel must be patient in punishment because God would bring them out of the darkness and that someday their enemies would be punished.

What does that mean to me? We, too, can have a relationship with God that can allow us to have confidence like Micah’s. Micah’s faith could teach us that we simply take faith in God and our willingness to act on that faith by trusting God. I would like to share what Micah said from Micah 7:7-10 NLT.

“As for me, I look to the Lord for His help. I wait confidently for God to save me, and my God will certainly hear me. Do not gloat over me, my enemies! For though I fall, I will rise again. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord Himself will be my light. I will be patient as the Lord punishes me, for I have sinned against Him. But after that, He will take up my case and punish my enemies for all the evil they have done to me. The Lord will bring me out of my darkness unto the light, and I will see His righteousness. Then my enemies will see that the Lord is on my side. They will be ashamed that they taunted me, saying, “Where is the Lord—that God of yours?” With my own eyes I will see them trampled down like mud in the street.”

This Manna encourages me to know that God will take care of those who may have spoken against you. If you are going through problems that others are not in a favor of you, I would say, “Trust God! He will handle all things and He will bring the light unto your path.” Others will see and know that God … is … with … you!

So trust God today!

Song: He Is My Everything!

He is my everything, He is my all,

He is my everything, great or small,

He gave His life for me, Made everything anew,

He is my everything, Jesus, I love You.

(Collection of songs)