Tunnels can be quite daunting and scary. Often they are dark and damp, narrow and lonely, and others may shed a hint of faint light from occasional lamps situated within them. Sometimes we have to walk through the tunnel to find the daylight at the end of it.
And God said, 'let there be light.' Genesis 1:3
A tunnel is a pathway through to another place and sometimes we try to avoid walking through them because we are afraid, but it might be a necessary route to take because there is no other way to reach our intended destination unless we make that journey through the tunnel. Sometimes God will lead us down difficult roads, not to break us but to make us!
'You, O Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.' Psalm 18:28
Life can sometimes lead us to a tunnel, and some of us will try to avoid walking through it due to fear of the unknown, but eventually we come to the inevitable conclusion that it is the only way forwards to reach our goal. We soon start to realise that God is with us on this journey and he has been from the start. I read somewhere about footprints in the sand, looking back there were often two footprints in the sand but at times there were only one set. This is when we question God asking the typical questions, where were you God? Why did you leave me? The footprints aren't clear to us that God was there the whole time, when there was only one set of footprints that was when God was carrying you.
'I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.' John 12:46
It may be that some of us refuse to enter the tunnel through our lack of certainty, whereas others of us will somehow find our strength and courage from God to walk through it, and however long the journey through the tunnel might be, as soon as we see that small glimmer of light, we know we've almost got there; the journey is almost at an end when we see the light increasing in strength until it becomes brighter and that welcomed sight of daylight appears. We made it through the trial as we came to recognise the strength of God inside us bringing hope as we put our trust in him.
'This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.' 1 John 1:5
Tunnels can appear within books as a way through to another place, or just a place to hide away; tunnels can be used as a means of increasing the mystery and adventure within the storylines, and other times the tunnel may be avoided because of what lurks within it. Whichever it may be, a tunnel can bring a sense of suspense and intrigue. Whether you choose to enter the tunnel, or simply avoid walking through it, just remember there is always light at the end of the tunnel. And that light is the light of the world!
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