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Night Faith – Part 2

And there was evening, and there was morning - the fourth day. Genesis 1:19

Notice: during the creation process God counts days based on the previous nights. He doesn't say, 'The morning and the evening were the first day.' No, the Bible says, 'God called...the evening and the morning...day.' God specializes in bringing light out of darkness; you just have to get through one to get to the other! In the Old Testament God told Moses that the Angel of Death would strike during the night. But wherever God saw '...the blood upon the lintel...' (Exodus 12:23), that household was saved. The Bible says in Exodus that God, '...sent a...wind that blew all night until there was dry land...and the Israelites walked through...' (Exodus 14:21-22). How wonderful, God worked in the darkness! David said, '...weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning' (Psalm 30:5). The dawn is always more brilliant because of the preceding darkness, just as your progress is all the more remarkable when painted against a backdrop of pain, challenge and breakthrough. Great mornings come from rough nights! Look at somebody who's having a great day and chances are, you're seeing somebody who's been through a dark night. Whenever they finally shout the victory it's because they've spent the night weeping before God. Paul says, 'Let us hold fast...hope without wavering...He who promised is faithful' (Hebrews 10:23). Trusting God is more than just wishful thinking; it's knowing that if He said it, He'll do it; that He doesn't just control creation, He also controls your circumstances, so 'hold fast!'

Prayer
Heavenly Father, thank you for the day, and for the night that makes today a new beginning. In Jesus’ Name, Amen