Through our Darkest Hour

God often deals with us most when we are having our greatest troubles,
illnesses, disappointments and failures. It is God's nature to show himself 
"Holy" among us and reveal to us that there is nothing He can't do to
 help us in our struggles as we completely trust in Him in all things.
So that in Him He can show his wonderful works in our life, working
in all aspects of our lives so that our trust may be always in Him,
not in men or in the flawed things that this world has to offer.
And when that Day comes when God delivers us we can boast in Him
and exclaim, "TRULY THERE IS A GOD!"

Remember Moses when God called him to a mission, to speak To Pharaoh,
king of Egypt? to tell Pharaoh to let his people go (the Israelites).
Exodus 9:13-17

    "Let my people go, so that they may worship me, or this time I will send 
     the full force of my plagues against you and against your officials and 
     your people, SO YOU MAY KNOW THAT THERE IS NO ONE LIKE ME 
     IN ALL THE EARTH.
     For by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your 
     people with a plague that would have wiped you off the earth.
    BUT I HAVE RAISED YOU UP FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE, THAT I
    MIGHT SHOW YOU MY POWER AND THAT MY NAME MIGHT BE
    PROCLAIMED IN ALL THE EARTH." 
          
Don't feel sorrowful when God deals with you. Take it as a blessing!
It helps to make us focus our attention on God. It makes us stronger in the days
to come when we are facing bigger troubles. In every battle we endure, our faith
builds up and grows even stronger!

Hear the words of  Charles Spurgeon from his devotional book entitled,
Beside Still Waters by Roy H. Clarke.

      "You may not understand this now, because it appears to you as if
       God's saints live in perpetual sunshine. Not so! Those that God highly
       honors will tell you quite another tale. God has a way of taking his
       children behind the door and showing them some of their abominations.
       Yet at the same time, He is showing them the beauties of Christ and
       enabling them to feed on Him."