Your darkest hour can be your finest moment

Ever wondered why they say the ponds populated by alligators have the healthiest fish? It’s because them fish have to stay alert to stay alive. Why do the kiwi and penguins of New Zealand belong to a class of birds that have no ability to fly? Too much comfort. In their natural habitat these native birds have no natural predators to flee from. Food is also very easy to come by. As a result they have lost their ability to fly. A case of great ease leading to great dis-ease.
How does God jack the slack out of all of us from time to time? Adversity. This is why the apostle James says: “My brethren count it all joy when you meet various trials” (James 1:20). However God does not send the adversity, trial or temptation. “Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted with evil and he himself tempts no one (James 1:3). But what God will do is to use your challenges to good advantage in your life.
One of the most remarkable story of divine intervention is that of Paul and Silas in jail at Phillip. It was their darkest hour: beaten and bloody, in stocks hand and foot and confined to a little jail cell.

“And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God………And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed (Acts 16:25).

What is your midnight moment? A chilling doctor’s report? Bankruptcy? Death of a loved one? A divorce? A job lay-off? Your darkest hour could also be your finest moment. Handel’s Messiah is one of the greatest masterpieces in the history of music. But what is often forgotten is that Handel wrote it during the midnight hour of his life with the right side of his body paralyzed, personal funds gone and creditors after him for unpaid bills.
Like Paul, Silas, Handel and others, you can have a song in your midnight hour. It’s never over until you and God say it’s over!