Psalm 91:1-2
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God in whom I trust.
PRAYER
Lord, You are my God! I can’t always see you, hear you, feel you, but I choose to trust you.
You have faithfully carried me through the tempest of storms and the hottest of fires. I believe that You will never leave me; that You will be with me in trouble, and that even when I can’t see you, I can find rest in Your shadow. Thank you.
In Jesus’ Name, Amen
Additional Devotions
Well, it’s here—the day of the solar eclipse when the moon blocks the light from the sun. This, in essence, is a divine invitation to behold a moment of heaven’s grandeur. A great shadow will hover, if only for a few minutes over the earth declaring the complexity of God’s creation (Psalm 19:1).
Events like this tend to cause us to pause. Some of us pause in fear and others in wonder. It’s honestly not but a blip in time. However, it’s in these moments, when day turns to night, that God invites us to experience Him on a new level.
Unfortunately, in the busyness of the mundane and predictable life, we tend to take for granted the life of wonder around us. The divine design of creation. We walk through a lot of our lives, a lot of our days apathetic towards the miraculous because we are hardwired for the luxury of autopilot.
After all, we probably aren’t captivated by the sun or the moon on a daily basis because it rises and sets each and everyday—predictably, on par, and without fail. So let’s not miss this opportunity to gaze at the wonder of heaven (Genesis 1:16; “God made two great lights—the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.”)
As this astrological and heavenly phenomenon occurs in the sky, I can’t help but relate it to our lives. Have you ever had such an experience where it was so dark that it completely obstructed God from your view?
It is terrifying, isn’t it? It commands our full and focused attention. We want to believe He’s there but we just can’t see Him.
When this happens, we tend to take a step back because it seems as though something has gone wrong in the universe. We question if God has left us to fend for ourselves? Yet, this is seen and felt because of our vantage point—our very limited perspective.
Even so, from heaven, the sun is not eclipsed. God is still very much in control and this is where faith knocks on the door and invites us in.
Like a solar eclipse—when the light of the sun is completely obstructed and the only evidence is a brilliant display of glory peaking out just around the edges do we find ourselves yearning for a heavenly perspective. And It’s in these impossible moments when God holds court and declares His glory that we find peace and rest for our souls.
My prayer is, if you find yourself in this grave place of feeling unseen, unheard, unloved by God due to a total eclipse of His presence, please answer the call of faith knocking on the door. Look to the edges of glory and open that door wide.
When you do, you will see with eternal eyes that God alone—who created the heavens and the earth; the sun and the moon—is in control and is working behind the dark and mysterious shadow of the circumstance you are facing.
Everything in this very humbling life is seen and experienced through the lens of a very limited perspective. And how we finish is determined by which perspective we choose to honor—ours or His. We can’t understand His ways as they are much higher and greater than ours (Isaiah 55:9). But we can look beyond what we currently see in front of us to a much greater glory and rest in the shadow of a divinely designed master plan.
So when you can only see the edges of Glory in your situation and everything else is dark, try adjusting your lens to see this present pain through the perspective of faith—believe Him, trust Him, hope in Him. He is fully present and moving mountains on your behalf.
Remember, you are not alone. Be blessed as you look beyond the edges of Glory to see our great and mighty God. There you will find rest.