Night

Many today live by the motto “What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.” Christianity reminds us, though, that we will all eventually face kinds of suffering that overwhelm and, yes, kill us. And it’s exactly then that God is most liable to intervene. The God of the Bible loves to work at night and under the cover of darkness. From Jacob wrestling with God at night, to Israel's liberation from Egypt in darkness, to Jesus' birth announced to shepherds keeping watch by night, God consistently chooses our darkest moments to reveal His light. He joins us in our night, makes our suffering His own through the night of His cross, and promises that no darkness is so complete that His light cannot shine through it and save us.