Trusting God In the Dark Tunnels of Life

“When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.” ― Corrie ten Boom

The young Joseph had a dream of leading his family, but he became an Egyptian slave imprisoned by a lying woman (Exodus 39).

The young Moses thought he could rescue his people from slavery, but he became a fugitive from the law (Exodus 2:11-15).

Daniel hoped to be a witness for God in the Babylonian court, but at one point he became the menu for a group of lions. (Daniel 6).

All three men eventually realized their purposes, but only after going through a dark tunnel wondering where the Engineer of their lives was taking them.

God could make our paths smooth and easy, but He rarely does.

And He has good reasons for everything He does (Jeremiah 29:11).

Thinking God will make life easy and understandable is perhaps the greatest hindrance in our walk with the Lord, because “faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see” (Hebrews 11:1).

Are you in a tunnel right now?

Sit still and trust the Engineer, trust Him “with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take” (Proverbs 3:5-6).

For more encouragement in this area, see Why Did God Allow this to Happen? and be sure to check out today's Bite Size Bible Study to do a short Bible study on this devotion. 

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