There are times darkness floods, like Noah's water, "the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened."(Genesis 7:11) The darkness raises up from inside and falls down from circumstances. It surrounds, there is no escaping.
In those moments there is nothing to do but yield. Surrendering in hope to Christ is the only recourse.
"I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and He heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and Thou heardest my voice. For thou hadst cast me into the deep in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about; all Thy billows and Thy waves passed over me. Then I said, I am cast out of Thy sight; yet I will look again toward Thy holy temple. The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast Thou brought up my life from corruption."
"O Lord my God. When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto Thee, into thine holy temple...I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord." Jonah 2:2-9
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