In times of darkness our hope is in Him

Lamentations 3:1 I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light.
3Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day.

21This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.
22It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
23They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
24The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

In our darkest hour we must still keep our hope in Him. When God sets us in a place of darkness, which we deserve from our rebelling and sinfulness, we must not forget Him. Even though we are in a terrible place in our lives we must be humble and remember that it could be worse. The reason why it isn't worse is because of God's mercy. Its God's way of putting us in check. The afflictions we face is for us to better ourselves. God's mercies are far better than we are deserving. When we find ourselves in a place where God put us in we must always be thankful. We must not lie down but we must grab hold of the hope that is in us. We must show God that no matter where our problems come from we will stay true to Him.

39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?
40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.

Why are we complaining about our present punishment for our sins and rebellion? We are still alive aren't we? His punishment puts us through the wringer but he hasn't given us something we could not stand. In our darkest hour, brought onto us by God, we can always be thankful that we are still alive. We need to stop and examine what we have been doing. Stop and look at our sin in our everyday lives. The secret problems that we have, we hide, and cover up. The sins that we continue to allow in our lives. We will stay in that place until we learn our lesson. God wants us to examine what we have been doing and turn back to Him. Search and try our ways which will lead us to repentance and back to the good graces of God.