Somewhere in the nature of man, there is that feeling of fear concerning darkness. Darkness is the absence of light. It is the unknown. It is something we can’t see through. There is natural fear which is in all people for self-preservation. We find this in the child’s development.

There is another fear that grips our hearts. That is the fear of the unknown, the fear of not knowing the future. Uncertainty in the daily life is darkness of the soul. Failing health, job loss, marriage conflicts, social problems and political discords among other factors can fill the heart with despair, despondency and fear. Our childhood fear of darkness creeps upon us and the childhood trauma regains momentum and directs us into the darkness.

What are we to do? First we ask, “Where does darkness come from?” God created darkness. Isaiah 45:7 says, “I form the light and create darkness: I make peace and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.” The word creates the means to form, fashion, or to permit. Our natural inclination is to run away from darkness. However, God speaks to us in darkness. Many times, we find ourselves in a deep and dark valley. Job also found himself in a valley.

What did he do? Job 29:3 says, “When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness.” Job found the light in the darkness. Lots of times darkness comes our way so God can reveal himself to us in light. God promised to make darkness light. If we run away from darkness, we will never see the light. Isaiah 42:16 says, “And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not. I will lead them in paths that they have not known. I will make darkness light before them and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them and not forsake them.” God promised to give His children the treasures of darkness. Isaiah 45:2-3 states, “I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: and I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the Lord, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.” It is in the darkness of our lives that we find a close and intimate relationship with God.

According to Psalm 18:9-11, “He bowed the heavens also and came down: and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind, He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the sky.” Do not run away from the darkness of your life. God is waiting for you to come to Him and find refuge.