+DEV+ Driving Through Tunnels

Date: March 2, 2010 10:29 PM
Topic: +DEV+ Driving Through Tunnels

Driving Through Tunnels

“After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord made him prosperous again and gave him twice as much as he had before....After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years.” (Job 42:10)
Scripture Focus: Job 42:10-16

I have never met a tunnel I really liked, and I have met a few of them. The Holland and Lincoln Tunnels pass under the Hudson River and link New Jersey and New York City. The Baltimore Tunnel goes under Baltimore Harbor. The Eisenhower Tunnel is the highest vehicular tunnel in the world. It traverses through the Continental Divide at an average elevation of 11,112 feet.

Frankly, almost as soon as I enter a tunnel I look for light at the other end. Long, dark tunnels just aren’t my favorite things.

Job passed through a long, dark “tunnel.” He experienced great trials, but light ultimately greeted him. The difficult passage served God’s purpose and Job emerged better for the experience. God blessed him with double the number of possessions he had lost in “the tunnel,” but the lessons God taught him were far more valuable.

For those who trust God in adversity, there is always light at the end of the tunnel. For some, it may be the light of heaven.

Insight: Christians never enter a tunnel of adversity alone. God is alongside, and He leads us through each tunnel to the light at the other end.

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