“Your Word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.” Psalms 119:105 NIV
Many times, we think we have a big picture of our lives. I know what I want to be doing, where I should be going and it’s a long way off. How do we keep our eyes on Him while making decisions in God’s redemptive hope and freedom? In Psalms we get some insight on how we are to apply God’s word day-to-day in a step-by-step manner.
In vs. 104 the Psalmist shares how God’s word gives us understanding and thus through study and application we indeed hate the wrong paths in our troubled world. Likewise, vs. 105 reminds us God’s word is a lamp for our feet and light on our path. It’s a flashlight that lights the path in a dark and lost world. With His word we see clear boundaries, our journey home and the dark path-each rock and hole in the way is shown to us to avoid the din of fear, hopelessness and danger. Again, there is but one caveat, just having the word, is like having a flashlight with no batteries, without the power source it is no good to us. So also, with God’s word, just having a copy of the Bible is of no use if we have not hidden His word in our hearts. You see the source of our power comes from God’s word hidden in our hearts. It is only then that God’s word will light up a darkened path so that we can see clearly. Indeed, it will do even more than just that, it will become a lighthouse of hope in a lost and dying world. Let us and our families reflect from the Son shine in our lives that all who encounter us cannot help but see the holiness, righteousness, and goodness of our God.
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