Introverts vs. extroverts.
One often does not understand the other.
“How can they be at home all the time with no one for company?”
Or:
“Another party? Isn’t your mind about to explode with all those people around you?”
See, these are two different mindsets. One is a party-hardy, and the other is an alone-machine.
Both personality types can disguise the dissolution of soul that we call desperation from those closest to them.
Psalms in the Bible offers 2 Redemptions in Your Darkest Hour whether you are an introvert or an extrovert.
Psalm 23:4 (ESV) says:
“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”
Let’s look at these two redemptions to see how God manifests them in our darkest hour.
Your 1st Redemption in Your Darkest Hour: “I will fear no evil.”
How can we trust this redemption? What makes us willing to step outside of ourselves and let God be our bulwark between us and the world?
He says he will be with us even in our darkest time, even as we traverse the valley of the shadow of death. Even as we are in situations that frighten us nearly to death, he is at our side, and we have nothing to be afraid of.
Your 2nd Redemption in Your Darkest Hour: “Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.”
This is from an agrarian society, a life of raising animals and caring for them—something the people of the day would have understood at the core of who they were.
The rod drives away any attackers, beats them over the head, refuses to allow them to harm us. The staff is crooked at the end and guides us on our path and nudges us into line when we stray from his path.
Our takeaway from this verse is that in Christ, we can travel life without fear and with assurance.
We can be brave and confident knowing that we are cared for by the Master.
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