Reflection on "My Utmost" February 14

At times God puts us through the discipline of darkness to teach us to heed Him.

Nothing could be further from the Truth:

"This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all." (1 John 1:5)

God has no darkness to impart. If there were darkness, that was a manifestation of the Old Covenant, to the extent that the children of Israel still operated under a works-righteousness mentality:

Does God hide Himself?

"Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour." (Isaiah 45:15)

Remember, though, that Isaiah uttered this words before Christ's Finished Work on the Cross.

Yet even during His ministry, Jesus, the Second Person of the Trinity, God in the Flesh beheld man:

"That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

"(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

"That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ." (1 John 1: 1-3)

and

"For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known." (1 Corinthians 13:12)

and

"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord." (2 Corinthians 3: 18)

We are simply to behold Him, His glory, full of grace and truth:

"14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth." (John 1:14)

If the understanding of a believer is darkened, he need only ask the Lord by the Power of the indwelling Spirit to open the eyes of his understanding (Ephesians 1: 17-21). God does not stop shedding his grace, light, and truth. We walk by faith, and therefore receive His love, witness, and power through faith, not our senses.