My Father has taught me much about trust in the darkness. He has taught me not to fear the darkness as it is a place where He is at work in mysterious, soulful ways that I cannot see or understand. Yet, because I know He is good, I can trust that, in the end, He works a wondrously good work~ even if not all ends to my personal liking nor does a beautiful purple bow tie it all up. (Paul puts it it this way: "Should the thing that was created say to the one who made it, 'Why have you made me like this?'"( Romans 9:20)
This deep kind of trust demands that we know He is good. But how do we really know that?
The honest answer is that we don't. At least, we do not know it scientifically (as if science can prove such things) or rationally (as if our mind can contain the deep things of God).
The truth is that we know what we know (of infinite, eternal mysteries) only as a gift of grace.
Think about it: all that we have is RECEIVED. For example, who we are, where we were born and how, our level of intelligence, our creativity, our children, our ability to generate income, who we know (and don't), our health~~ the CORE of what we has is ALL GIFT. Even our FAITH is a gift! (Ephesians 2:8-9)
Of course, our job is to make pies from apples, paintings from paint, songs from the notes that float into the head, poems, novels, blogs from words :) etc~ that is our human part, even responsibility~ as our Father requires and delights to see us CREATE from HIS GIFTS . . . in fact, our response to the Creation ordinance~ "Be fruitful and multiply." (Genesis 1:27)
So back to the main point: if we believe (as a gift of grace) that "He exists and that He rewards those who sincerely seek Him" (Hebrews 11:6)~ then to trust Him in the darkness of circumstances or in seeming absence of His presence~ is to make apple pies from the apples of faith or to build a Cathedral from the lumber of faith.
We take what we have been given (faith) and build a Cathedral of Trust in our souls that cannot be destroyed by the Enemy or by circumstances (no matter how dire) or by our own wobbly emotions. Treasures of Darkness indeed!
"And I will give you treasures hidden in the darkness, secret riches. I will do this so you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, the One who calls you by name." Isaiah 45:3