“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.” Psalm 119:105 NIV
As we walk long this road called life, how well is our path lit? For some it feels like it is lit well while others seem to stumble a lot in spots of darkness. Believers have a light that they can use if they choose to use it, God’s word. When we read God’s word, we can find references about how to handle most situations in life. God’s word can give us light in a very dark world.
When our path is lit, it is not the entire path, it is typically only the step or two in front of us. God gives us that light, most of the time just enough to know where to step next, and then we need to do our job which is two-fold. First, we need to take that next step knowing that if we are taking the step He has illuminated for us, then He will be with us as we move forward. Second, we need to maintain our faith that He will illuminate the next step just as He did the step we have taken.
Part of the challenge with the second part of our job is that God doesn’t work on our time table, He has His own. Our idea of when something should happen or we should be given the information we need to move forward does not always line up with His idea of when we should know these things. That’s when we need to exercise our faith and trust that God knows what He is doing and where our path is leading us.
There is another thing about lights that we need to remember, the light can only illuminate things around it, if it is turned on, if it is used. The light is not useful for illuminating anything if it is not used for that purpose. God’s word can light your path for your entire life if you use it to light your path but if you never open God’s word, read God’s word or apply God’s word to your life then you remain in darkness.
God does not want anyone to remain in darkness. If He did, then Jesus would not have come to save the world. He would not have walked among us, experiencing what we experience and showing us how to handle those situations in life. He would not have died a horrible death to pay our final payment for our sins and give us eternal life. He did all that because He loves us and wants us to walk out of the darkness and into the light, His light.
Have you turned on your light? Have you opened your Bible and read God’s word? I urge you to read God’s word. If you haven’t read the Bible before, then I suggest starting with Matthew, Mark, Luke or John in the New Testament. It doesn’t matter really where you start, just that you start. God wants you to walk in the Light, please come join others in the Light.