“WHY SOMETIMES GOD PUTS US IN DARKNESS/CHALLENGES”?

• BECAUSE  WE FAIL TO OBEY HIS WAYS

                          THEREFORE

• Troubles and difficulties are a normal part of our spiritual growth

• Troubles and difficulties purify us.

• Difficulties often cause us to draw closer to God.

Matthew 10:22 tells us that; “Whatever I tell you in the dark, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, preach on the housetops”

It is true that sometimes God puts us through the experience and discipline of darkness to teach us to hear and obey Him. Philosophically as Isaiah 49: 2 says; God puts us into “the shadow of His hand until we learn to hear Him. “Whatever I tell you in the dark. . .” Therefore we need to pay attention when God puts us into darkness, and keep our mouth closed while we  are there.

• The main question here is that “are you in the dark right now in your circumstances, or in your life with God”?

If so, as Isaiah advised 

• “to remain quiet If you open your mouth in the dark, you will speak in the wrong mood we need to remember that  darkness is the time to listen”.

• During darkness time we need more to meditate and not

• Talk to other people about it;

• Don’t read books to find out the reason for the darkness;

• We Just listen and obey.

Why because If we talk to other people, we cannot hear what God is saying. When we are in the dark,  we need to listen, and God will give us a very precious message for yourself and  someone else to share back in the light.

What do we expect during our darkness time with God?

• This difficult time will give us a gift of humiliation which is the greatest of all blessings.

• We will learn how to trust; Trusting God is far greater blessing than good health.

• Through the darkness we come to know God better, and that is the greatest of all blessings”

• It is a time when we can turn to the Lord and ask, "What is the purpose?"

• He puts us in the dark so others may see the light.

• But also the darkness can help us to see how strong our faith in God can become. 

The light should not be taken very much for granted even those who are enjoying glory have been purified through darkness before they were able to see the light.example “Many missionaries who have endured incredible hardships have said they would never trade those difficult times for anything else. It was in these desperate hours their fellowship with Jesus was the sweetest”.

There are times when God allows us to bump up against a wall or encounter an impossible situation for the purpose of glorifying Himself.