These are strange, puzzling words… seemingly a paradox. As I read them, I prayed, “Dear Lord, can it be that there are any treasures to be found in darkness?” And then I read Exodus 20:21: “…Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.”


Universally, men have always associated God with light. Almost invariably we link the Lord with brilliance and absence of shadow. But as you and I reflect on the dark periods of our lives, the Spirit of God opens up to us the full meaning of these Scriptures. Surely we have found God and heard His voice in the thick darkness. In some of our bleakest hours, we have discovered the “treasures of darkness.”


Often in the dark night of trouble and worry, I have heard the incomparably sweet and comforting voice of the Master inviting me personally, “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). My friend, do not fear the darkness. As Moses found God and His peace that passes all understanding there, so will you and I.