It shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall
be light. (Zechariah 14:7)
It is a surprise that it should be so; for all
things threaten that at evening time it shall be dark. God is wont to work in a
way so much above our fears and beyond our hopes that we are greatly amazed and
are led to praise His sovereign grace. No, it shall not be with us as our
hearts are prophesying: the dark will not deepen into midnight, but it will on
a sudden brighten into day. Never let us despair. In the worst times let us
trust in the Lord who turneth the darkness of the shadow of death into the
morning. When the tale of bricks is doubled Moses appears, and when tribulation
abounds it is nearest its end.
This promise should assist our patience. The
light may not fully come till our hopes are quite spent by waiting all day to
no purpose. To the wicked the sun goes down while it is yet day: to the
righteous the sun rises when it is almost night. May we not with patience wait
for that heavenly light, which may be long in coming but is sure to prove
itself well worth waiting for?
Come, my soul, take up thy parable and sing unto
Him who will bless thee in life and in death, in a manner surpassing all that
nature has ever seen when at its best.
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