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Psalm 97:2,
"Clouds and darkness are round about
him: righteousness and judgment
are the habitation of
his throne."
This morning, many talk of the
God of love and
light. The Bible indeed speaks
of God being love and
the Light that no man can
approach unto. We are also
told that there is no darkness
in Him at all.
However, if that is the only
thing talked about, then
we are being negligent of
preaching all the counsel
of God. It is the duty of the
LORD's ministers to
preach about many different
subjects (all focused on
Christ) to give the complete
spectrum of the teachings
in the Bible. Does that mean
that we know everything
within the spectrum? I do not,
but we should try to
preach all that the LORD blesses
to reveal to us and
not stay on one subject
continually.
Here, the LORD is talked about
in terms of darkness
and clouds. While there is no
darkness "in" Him (I John 1:5), this
verse talks of darkness "around"
Him. He works many
times in the Bible in darkness.
He appeared to the
children of Israel in the mount
of Sinai in a dark
cloud, and many times this was
for their protection.
He told Moses that he could not
see the Lord's face
and live. He works in darkness
sometimes for our
protection. He works at other
times in darkness to
bring judgment (as is the case
in this verse from the
context). His judgments are
righteous, but they are
done bringing much wailing and
gnashing of teeth.
When the Lord's judgments come,
it is not a pleasant
time, but it is ALWAYS needful.
Many times, we think
we know the time that it is
needful, but the LORD
never judges too quickly or too
slowly. He always
judges at the
right and appointed time.
Finally, the
LORD works in darkness from the
standpoint of
revelation. He reveals things to
whomsoever He
pleases. He tells us in Isaiah
45:3 that the things
He reveals are treasures of
darkness. That means that
His ways are treasures, but they
are not known to all.
Many times, He reveals things to
certain members of a
natural family, but others are
left in the "dark"
about it. Most of my natural
relations know nothing
of the riches of Christ as
taught in the Bible. They
are ignorant of God's grace,
mercy, and love. Is that
because they have never heard
about it? My dad talked
with them many times through
multiple discussions, but
as of yet, the LORD has not seen
fit to reveal those
things to them. So, in the
person of God, there is no
darkness, but there is darkness
in His works. For,
the LORD declared plainly that
He was the One that
created the darkness in the
first place. May we ever
be thankful to Him for revealing
some things to us so
that we may be partakers of
those treasures He has
left for us here
below.
In Hope,
Bro Philip
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