Light at the End of the Tunnel

Psalm 30:5 (AMPC)

“For His anger is but for a moment, but His favor is for a lifetime or in His favor is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.”

Sometimes in life, the way gets hard. We go through trials and tribulations. A path that seemed clear just a moment before suddenly turns into an overgrown jungle where we can’t see the next step. The day that started out bright and sunny turns into a sudden storm. When we encounter times like this, it’s easy to give up. The longer that season of hardship lasts the easier it becomes to feel like we’ve failed, like we’ve put our faith into something that’s not real, like we will never again see the light of a bright sunny day.

We may struggle with depression and anxiety. We may wonder why God doesn’t swoop in and save the day or why God allows bad things to happen to good people or why we have to suffer when everyone else seems to be going about their life blessed and without a care in the world.

Today’s Bible verse reminds us that this too will pass. Hardships and trials and struggles last for a season, but they will end. They do end. They must end. They will not go on forever, even if it feels like they will right now in the middle of them.

God promises that joy will come in the morning. On the other side of the hard thing you are walking through, there is a promise of blessing. There’s a promise of freedom. There’s the promise of something new. After all, His mercies are new every morning.

So if you’re walking through a rough season right now, remember that this too will pass. Cling to the promise that morning will come!

Prayer: Father, when I’m going through the midst of heartache and trial, it can be easy to forget all your blessings. It can be easy to forget the ways you’ve walked with me before and how you never leave me or forsake me. I am not walking through this alone. Father, I thank you for new beginnings. I thank you that you promise no matter how long the night might last or how long it feels like it will last, morning will come. Thank you that you promise on the other side of this, I will find joy again and light again and new beginnings again. This is not the end of my story! In Jesus’ Name, Amen.