And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
-Hebrews 11:6, NIV
When our worlds are blown up and we feel like all is darkness, we are faced with a choice:
Do I believe the Light is coming or do I give into the darkness of despair?
Circumstances can change overnight. We know this on a visceral level from how our worlds changed with one awful discovery moment.
Everything changed in that moment.
While this is true of that dark moment, it is also true about a movement of God. In one moment, God can move and transform our lives into something beyond our wildest, positive imaginations (see Ephesians 3:20).
I can testify to this positive reality.
My world was blown up. I had no real prospects of a job to support my needs. It was looking like I would have to abandon my profession, and my cheater was using my over-investment in staying married to her to jerk me around emotionally.
Then God moved.
I got into a training program for chaplains practically overnight. That went well. Then I miraculously got into a year-long chaplain residency back in my home state.
That is just a few examples from my professional life.
God is a good bet.
It may be dark today. But that does not mean the darkness wins. You never know when the sun will breakthrough making a glorious dawn.
I didn’t.
Yet I know our God delights in taking naturally hopeless situations like ours and showing up with power. He shows Himself faithful to those who put their faith in Him.
*A version of this post ran previously.
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