Narrative Lectionary Key Verse for Today
“[I]n the night also my heart instructs me. (v. 7b)”
NL Daily Devotion for Tuesday, September 27, 2022
by Daniel D. Maurer, Clergy Stuff
Have you ever laid awake at night because something was bugging you? It’s an experience many face, if not all of us. One particular recurring incident for me is especially troubling. Suddenly I wake and stare at the ceiling; nothing specifically has been bothering me. Then the thought comes — I call it “peering into the abyss.” It’s the thought that, after I die, everything I know and all of me will simply cease to exist. It’s terrifying!
The only thought that seems to banish this bothersome feeling is the recognition that I am not alone, that everyone — indeed, the entire universe — is stuck in the same boat as me. Added to that is the firm belief that I am not required to worry about such things, that in fact I cannot control what happens. In such depths at the bottom of a seemingly infinite hole, God reaches me. I can then rest secure once again.
You, too, will not be given up to the pit. God’s promises spark a light even in the darkest of nights.
Let me rest easy and fulfilled, knowing you, God, are always there for me. Amen.
