Just as the morning comes so light replaces darkness. I've heard in some traditions children becoming of age are blindfolded and led into the forest where they must sit all night. Their Father watches out for them but they are unaware of this. They are left to face the darkness of the forest alone.
Sometimes this is the way it is with us. We don't hear from God, we feel we are all alone and it's dark so we do not know what is around us, yet God our Father is with us.
Jesus said "I am the light of the world" (John 8:12) yet He said it in the context of a dirty world. Just before this statement He was challenged by the men who brought to him a woman caught in adultery (so where was the man she was with???). Just after this statement the church leaders pointed out that only He thought He was the light yet Jesus said "I have many things to say and decide about you. But I tell people only the things I have heard from the One who sent me, and he speaks the truth" (John 8:26)
The reality is they still didn't get it so Jesus said "When you lift up the Son of Man you will know that I am He"(John 8:28) (Did He mean when they lifted Him up on the cross or when they lifted Him up in praise?)
Note Jesus measuring stick "The one who sent me is with me. I always do what is pleasing to him, so he has not left me alone." (John 8:29)
And then Jesus went on to share our measuring stick "If you continue to obey my teaching, you are truly my followers. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free". (John 8:31)
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