\u2018About the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea\u2026 when they saw Him\u2026 they supposed it was a ghost, and cried out\u2026 But immediately He\u2026 said to them, \u201cBe of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid.\u201d Then He went up into the boat to them, and the wind ceased.\u2019<\/i> (Mark 6:48\u201351\u00a0NKJV) <\/p>\n
Darkness isn\u2019t always the work of the Enemy; sometimes it\u2019s one of God\u2019s best teaching tools. You get to know the Lord best by going through storms with Him; by reaching the place where you think, \u2018If God doesn\u2019t come through for me, I\u2019m sunk.\u2019 Then He comes, \u2018walking on the sea\u2019.<\/i> <\/p>\n
Jesus said to His disciples, \u2018What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight.\u2019<\/i> (Matthew\u00a010:27\u00a0NIV) It\u2019s in your darkest moments that God gives you some of your greatest insights. The psalmist said, \u2018To You the night shines as bright as day.\u2019<\/i> (Psalm\u00a0139:12\u00a0NLT) So instead of running from your problems, ask God to develop your night vision and show you \u2018treasures of darkness and riches hidden in secret places.\u2019<\/i> (Isaiah\u00a045:3\u00a0NRS) <\/p>\n
And one more thought: When the darkness you\u2019re experiencing is God-ordained, don\u2019t try to create your own light. \u2018If you are walking in darkness, without a ray of light, trust in the Lord and rely on your God. But watch out, you who live in your own light\u2026 you will soon fall down in great torment.\u2019<\/i> (Isaiah 50:10\u201311\u00a0NLT) When you\u2019re in darkness by divine design, you don\u2019t have to be afraid; God has promised to bring you through.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u2018About the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea\u2026 when they saw Him\u2026 they supposed it was a ghost, and cried out\u2026 But immediately He\u2026 said to them, \u201cBe of good cheer! It is I; do not be afraid.\u201d Then He went up into the boat to them, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1980\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}