ONE EVENING when I was about to close up our building early, my little two-year-old daughter asked me to take her with me. So together we went through the basement, seeing that windows and doors were securely fastened. On reaching the main hall above, I told her to stand still until I had turned out the light, fearing that if she toddled along after me she might stumble and fall in the dark.
After the light was out I called out, “Darling, where are you?” not knowing the spot where she might be standing. The baby answer came back, full of love and faith, “In de dark, Daddy!” Guided by her voice, I took her hand and together we went to our warm lighted rooms upstairs.
Those who love the Saviour and have God as their Father know how sweet it is in the midst of the darkness of this world to hear His voice and to feel His hand leading them safely Home to heaven. Someone has written: I’d rather walk in the dark with God Than walk alone in the light I’d rather walk with Him by faith Than walk alone by sight.
Those who seek to walk in the light of their own sparks will find their sparks soon go out, and they “shall lie down in sorrow” (Isa. 50:11).
The Lord Jesus has told us, “He that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” John 8:12.
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