The storm may be dark and very frightning, you hear the thunder and the cries of despair in the night. But know this:
Every dark night is followed by a beautiful bright new day.
This goes especially for this season of great turmoil. Take heart, have courage, see the promised land beyond the high and dark mountains. Look beyond the raging storm and see the wonderful land that is awaiting in the distance. This is KEY to victory: see beyond the storm. Rise higher, to realms where you can see from the perspective of eternity. Do not listen to the wolves that only howl about doom and despair. Listen to the lions that give hope. Ignore the vultures, but hear the eagles. And be one of them as well. Lions and eagles are stronger than the wolves and vultures. They don’t just proclaim destruction, but they cry out with a loud sound of victory and power. Lions have a higher power and eagles soar at heights that allow them to see above the clouds.
Listen to these voices, that show hope at the horizon, and ignore all who suffocate you with nothing but fear. Rise up to the place where you see victory in the midst of this eruption of intense evil. This is not a time to look at how high the waves are, how loud the cries of the wicked are and how dark the night is. This is a time to look deeper, listen more carefully and focus on that which is GREATER. See the NEW DAY that is coming. Allow the realm of majesty, hope and life to illuminate your own heart, so you can see and feel the beautiful future already before it is manifested.
The dawn is here, so open our innermost being to see it rising. Then you can proclaim the hope to others who are still in the dark. We need to shake off all despair, and drink deep the reality of God who is greater, and who lifts us up to the realms where we see from His amazingly majestic perspective, into the future.
David Sorensen
