The darkness and the light are both alike to You..,.

If I say, "Surely the darkness shall fall on me, even the night shall be light about me; 

 Indeed, the darkness shall not hide from You, but the night shines as the day;

The darkness and the light are both alike to You. Psalm 139:11-12 

Some days are dark, gloomy, heavy, and sad and some days are full of light and wonder, joy, and brilliance.  But remember that to God both the darkness and the light are alike, in that the Light will always overcome the darkest days of your life, for we walk with the One who dwells in an unapproachable light.  Who said, let light shine our of darkness, and there was light!  Even the darkest days of your light, when your light seems to be but a dim candle fading in the night, or a faint flicker, remember that to God both the darkness and the light are alike, in that He is not intimidated or afraid of the darkness.  The one who lives in you is not afraid of the darkest day or the faintest light, for He had to Himself walk through the valley of the shadow of death, and learn to fear no evil.  He had to face the darkness of the Judean desert night after night for 40 days, knowing that the Light of the world was about to be revealed to the world.  "Even the night shall be light about me."  I wonder if this was a psalm Yeshua meditated upon as He was facing the darkness of night in the Garden of Gethsemane, as the darkness of hell closed in on Him?  He was not afraid of the darkness, for He knew that to God, the night shines as the day.  And though weeping had to endure through the night, surely joy would come in the morning.  David, the King of Israel knew this, and Jesus, the King of Kings, knew it as well.  David hid in dark caves and valleys and yet those dark caves and valleys were where He was made into a king. And not only a King, but a man after God's own Heart.  His character and calling was forged in these dark caverns, where he scribed down this revelation in Psalm 139.

So let us not fear the darkness.  Let us not bow our souls to the dark one.  Let us not pitch a tent in the valley of the shadow, but rather walk through it pressing towards the light of a new dawn.  For though darkness covers the earth and deep darkness the people, we arise and shine, for our light has come and the glory of our God is rising upon us!  

Shalom-