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"Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the
light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops" - Matthew 10:27
Sometimes God puts us through the experience and discipline of darkness to teach
us to hear and obey Him. Song birds are taught to sing in the dark, and God puts
us into “the shadow of His hand” until we learn to hear Him (Isaiah 49:2).
“Whatever I tell you in the dark. . .”— pay attention when God puts you into
darkness, and keep your mouth closed while you are there. Are you in the dark
right now in your circumstances, or in your life with God? If so, then remain
quiet. If you open your mouth in the dark, you will speak while in the wrong
mood— darkness is the time to listen. Don’t talk to other people about it; don’t
read books to find out the reason for the darkness; just listen and obey. If you
talk to other people, you cannot hear what God is saying. When you are in the
dark, listen, and God will give you a very precious message for someone else
once you are back in the light.
After every time of darkness, we should experience a mixture of delight and
humiliation. If there is only delight, I question whether we have really heard
God at all. We should experience delight for having heard God speak, but mostly
humiliation for having taken so long to hear Him! Then we will exclaim, “How
slow I have been to listen and understand what God has been telling me!” And yet
God has been saying it for days and even weeks. But once you hear Him, He gives
you the gift of humiliation, which brings a softness of heart— a gift that will
always cause you to listen to God now.
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