"Trusting in the Dark"
IllustrationAnalogySuppose I have a sick boy. I know nothing about medicine; but I call in the doctor, and put that boy’s life and everything into his hands.
I do not fail to believe in him; and I do not interfere at all. Do you call that trusting in the dark? Not at all! I used my best judgment, and I put that boy’s life into the hands of a good physician.
You have a soul diseased. Put it into the hand of the Great Physician! Trust Him, and He will take care of it. He has had some of the most hopeless cases.
He was able to heal all that came to Him while on earth. He is the same to-day. Take another illustration. Suppose you have one thousand pounds, and there are forty thieves who want to rob you of it.
I tell you that there is a bank here, and that I will introduce you to the manager so that you can deposit the money, You do not know anything of the bank, save by repute; you know nothing about how the books are kept; but you take my word, and you believe my testimony, that if you deposit the money it will be safe; and you go in and place the thousand pounds there. We must trust God in time of trouble, in time of bereavement.
You can trust Him with your soul until your dying day, if you will. Will you not do it?
The point
Trusting a doctor with a sick child's life, or a reputable bank with a fortune, isn't blind faith but informed confidence based on real judgment - and trusting God with a troubled soul, the preacher argues, is no different: simply placing what we cannot manage ourselves into hands proven capable of handling it.