"Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God" (Isaiah 50:10). In the spiritual sense, walking in darkness usually means walking in sin (Proverbs 4:19). However, according to the context of Isaiah 50:10, those who walk in darkness and have no light are those who fear the LORD and obey His voice! God's children were going through a period of darkness and suffered afflictions, trials, chastisement and testings.
When we are in our great trial, affliction, or testing. e.g. serious illness, family breakdown, bankruptcy, job losses, accidents or disasters, bereavement, oppressive opposition from the adversaries, etc, and it seems that we have no light, no strength, no hope, no directions, etc., we are encouraged to "trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon" our God, who is our Light and Salvation (Psalm 27:1)
In all situations, we are encouraged to trust in the name of the LORD. Do we know His name? The name LORD (all letters in capital), in Hebrew, is the Tetragrammaton YHWH. The LORD or Jehovah is the covenant name of the covenant God to His covenant people. God appeared to Moses and said, "I AM THAT I AM" (EXODUS 3:14). Isaiah 42:8 says "I am the LORD:that is my name."
Reflection:I can trust in my almighty LORD even in my days of darkness. Extracted from READ PRAY GROW (april - june 2010) issue.
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Praise God. God is trustworthy. We can trust Him in all situations.
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