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Psalm 139:12 - Even the Darkness is Not Dark to You.

Psalm 139:12 (ESV) even the darkness is not 
dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for 
darkness is as light with you.  

COMMENTARY PEARL

   My daughter grace is strong, beautiful, 
brilliant, and kind. This year, she started college 
with a full scholarship and hopes to finish her 
undergraduate and law degrees in five years. She also 
started having night terrors. Her university allows 
her to live at home, but still she found little 
rest. 
   We tried melatonin, sleepy teas, and 
reading before bed, but there were many tearful 
nights. Sometimes, there is no logic behind anxiety 
- it just is. So the amount of soothing I gave 
or telling her all the reasons she was safe 
didn't matter. My baby couldn't sleep. Eventually 
some combination of snuggles from our Boston 
terriers and her younger sisters eased her into 
slumber. But of course, life happens, and sometimes 
the sisters were smooshed or the dogs were 
dirty, and she needed to be able to sleep alone. 
Somehow, she did. 
   I asked what changed, and she told me 
that after staring at her walls for hours, 
hearing every little creak of our wooden floors and 
every creature stirring in the woods around our 
house, she flipped her Bible open to the book of 
Psalms. Little tears of joy rolled down her sweet 
face as she showed me her "love letter from 
Jesus" that she had read over and over until she 
drifted off: "Even the darkness is not dark to [Me]; 
the night is bright as the day, for darkness is 
as light with [Me]." Gwen Ford Faulkenberry 
   Faith Step: Read these verses and know 
how very much Jesus loves you. Deuteronomy 31:6; 
Psalm 23; Psalm 139:1-18; and Romans 8:31-39; 
Philippians 4:6-7. Let your heart find rest and healing 
in His everlasting arms. [Mornings With Jesus 
2022 Devotional by Guideposts and Zondervan] 

COMMENTARY

For Good There Is No Darkness!
   What is visible light to us is only a 
tiny portion of all the wave-lengths radiating 
through space at all times and in every direction. 
Animals and birds-even insects-can see things that 
are invisible to us. 
   Our powers of sight are extremely 
limited, so we often think of darkness as being 
empty. But God can perceive everything: even what 
we call darkness is lighted up for Him. For 
God, there is no darkness. Imagine being able to 
see the full electromagnetic spectrum-gamma 
rays, X-rays, ultraviolet rays, infrared rays, 
radio waves, and microwaves. What would the 
universe look like? How would the world around us 
appear? 
   If our eyes could take in and process the 
full electromagnetic spectrum, we would be able 
to examine things with X-ray vision. Gamma ray 
vision would allow us to see through mountains and 
planets. Ultraviolet vision would enable us to view 
the flowers as the bees do-in different colors 
from those of visible light. We could detect the 
heat radiating from all living things if we had 
infrared vision, and our eyes could become a radio 
dial to tune in to the radio signals. 
Furthermore, we could watch TV broadcasts without a TV 
set. All we would have to do is to tune our minds 
into the channel, and our eyes would act as 
receivers. 
   As it is, we use such a small portion of 
the available spectrum that we can hardly 
imagine what life would be if our eyes were opened 
completely. What appears to us to be darkness is crammed 
full of rays and waves-particles of energy 
rushing about in our atmosphere and throughout 
space. 
   The perfect powers of vision that God 
endowed humanity with in Eden have been severely 
limited. When Jesus comes, we will be given glorified 
bodies. We think we can see a lot now, but just 
wait! Do you remember the story of Elisha's 
servant: "And the Lord opened the eyes of the young 
man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was 
full of horses and chariots of fire round about 
Elisha" (2 Kings 6:17)? [Nature Quest by J & P 
Tucker re vs 12] 

LINKS FOR FURTHER STUDY 

Psalm 139:7-12 - Awesome Attributes of God! 
Part Two " OMNIPRESENCE 

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2018/20180722-1304.html 

John 8:12 - The Second I AM; Jesus the Light 
of the World! 

http://www.abible.com/devotions/2021/20211226-1019.html 

YOUR COMMENTS

If anyone has a paraphrase, commentary or 
testimony on this passage of Scripture, either 
personal or otherwise, I would be interested in 
hearing from you.  Thanks in advance and let's keep 
uplifting Jesus that all might be drawn to Him. Fred 
Gibbs  

LINKS WORTH CHECKING OUT

https://abible.com/links/