Psalm 88 is written by a man in the deep dregs of despair; and God does not swoop in during his complaint to save the day as soon as he starts praying. This is how life works sometimes.
When the darkness seems overwhelming, many people lose hope – but this is exactly when you need to hold on to hope the most! The man who penned this psalm did not end with “and God saved me” – he ended with “darkness is my closest friend”. Do you wonder why God would want this cry of seemingly unanswered anguish to be included in His book? Because God doesn’t hide the truth from us; and the truth is that there are dark days ahead in this life for each of us at some point.
If you read Psalm 88, you will see it starts with, “Lord you are the God who saves me”. In the middle of his despair, the writer knew where his hope came from. He may have ended this poem still in the darkness, but he knew his life was in the sure hands of the Creator.
Every day ends in darkness, but we don’t end every day in despair, we rest - why is that? Because we are fully expecting the sun will rise the next morning. In our sojourn on this earth, we will have seemingly endless days where it may feel that darkness is our closest friend. Seek the shelter of the One who saves and find rest there – fully expecting to see the morning’s Son shine on your face once again.
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)
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