“Don’t forget in the darkness what you have learned in the light.”

Job 42 (NIV).

Then Job replied to the LORD :

² “I know that you can do all things;
no plan of yours can be thwarted.

³ You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge?’
Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,
things too wonderful for me to know.

⁴ “You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak;
I will question you,
and you shall answer me.’

⁵ My ears had heard of you
but now my eyes have seen you.

⁶ Therefore I despise myself
and repent in dust and ashes.”

vs 3 in The Message says,

“Who is this muddying the water,
ignorantly confusing the issue, second-guessing my purposes?”

God’s purposes are mysterious.  My tendency is to forget about what I have learned in the light, focus on the darkness, and not listen to God’s voice.  This time, I remember trials develop character and increase strength.  I meditate on what is true, what is good, what is lovely.  His purpose is always at work, continuing to mold and shape like a potter molds and shapes clay.

It really hurts.  Hurts bad.

However, my mind is not a slave to the enemy in darkness.  My joy is found in Jesus.