Darkness Will Become Light
“But I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.” -- John 12:32
The darkest night had turned into day. Surely the disciples were filled with numbness and disbelief. No matter how many times Jesus tried to prepare them, they didn’t understand. The man they believed to be the Messiah was dead and, with him, their hope.
It is the same deep despair a person feels the day after a loved one dies. It is the haunting disbelief that comes the day after a horrible medical diagnosis, the day after your spouse admits having an affair, the day after your employer unexpectantly shuts its doors. Life had changed forever. The deep despair had become a king of anguished numbness.
The brilliant morning that would bring new life and instill in the disciples a fearlessness they’d never known was still a day away. They, no doubt, looked back at their shattered dreams. They’d given up everything to follow a man who was gone. They were adrift, uncertain of the future. Or, even, if they would live to have a future.
And, yet, the darkness had to come before the light could brightly shine. As they faced a day of fear, they didn’t know that Jesus’ death would raise them up to heights they couldn’t begin to imagine.
Many of us have known that deep despair that can crush even the strongest spirit. We understand the disciples’ anguish, just as Jesus understands our anguish. But as believers we live in certainty that He will lift us up with Him, that our future is secure in Him, that He has not left us here alone.
On this dismal day between the cross and the Resurrection, let us remember and be comforted in knowing that the sun will rise tomorrow and, with it, the promise of eternal life with our Lord.
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