Ésaïe 50:10 (NEG79)

10 Quiconque parmi vous craint l'Eternel, Qu'il écoute la voix de son serviteur! Quiconque marche dans l'obscurité et manque de lumière, Qu'il se confie dans le nom de l'Eternel, Et qu'il s'appuie sur son Dieu!

All human avenues for coping with the darkness of life will eventually be exposed as inadequate light-bearers, even if there is inherent good in any one of those avenues. But we cannot fix the darkness in our own strength, with our own wisdom. We are instead to trust in and rely upon our covenant God. This is what Christ himself, the Lord’s Servant, did, in our place and for our sakes, so that we are now freed up to do the same, not to prove ourselves but out of grateful devotion. For it is an honour to follow in the footsteps of Christ, which is what leads the apostle Peter to declare, Rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed (1 Peter 4:13). So we trust in the Lord and wait for his time.