The Lamp and The Light.
Our car had the worst foggy headlights I had ever seen. I would complain to The Sweetheart that I couldn’t see well at night, it never seemed like our lights were even turned on. I tried every Pinterest remedy I could find from toothpaste to baking soda to bug spray. Some would make it look a little better for a while but then it would come right back.
Finally, we heard that a local store offered, at the low, low price of $29.95, a once-and-for-all fix for those cloudy headlights. I do not know how they did it but they look brand-new and completely clear!
You simply cannot drive at night without headlights, you are asking for disaster.
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Psalm 119:105.
And you simply cannot navigate in the world in which we live without a lamp for your feet. We have GPS, a God-send to people like me who are directionally challenged! (I may or may not have just created a new word.) But even this modern technology can be wrong at times.
Recently, on one of our Revival By Design trips to the South, we were to be staying with missionary friends for the weekend. We had plugged the address into our GPS and finally arrived at about 10:30 p.m. We pulled down into the driveway, quite a steep dip, and were waiting on our other friends to arrive before we went to the door. They were twenty minutes behind us.
But things didn’t look quite right. The house was very small, I was already wondering about the accommodations. There were toys scattered all over the yard and there were lights on in the house.
The Sweetheart was content to lay his seat back and snooze until our friends arrived! I was in a panic, sure we were at the wrong address and even more sure that the homeowners would come out with a shotgun at any moment.
We WERE at the wrong house. Typing the address into GPS but leaving off a necessary East or West apparently makes a difference. When we finally realized we were sitting in someone else’s driveway and it was nearing midnight, we got out of there and fast!
It matters what map you use and what kind of lamp lights your path! When this God-breathed inspiration of scripture was written it was necessary to carry a lamp, filled with oil, if you were going to be out at night. There were no street lights or anything else to light your way.
And that lamp didn’t light up the road for miles, it just showed enough for the next step, and then the next and the next, etc. God’s Word is enough for every day, for every situation and then the next day you open it again and it is enough for that day. You will find your answers, your direction for EACH DAY when you make it a priority and let it be your guide.
“Take therefore no thought for the morrow,” said Jesus, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” Matthew 6:34.
You have to take that next step and keep walking and the Light will always be there, it will be a continual light for your path, for your LIFE.
In studying this thought today, I discovered the Hebrew word for light, אוֹר, can also mean happiness. Say what?! Could the psalmist have meant that when we let that lamp guide our feet then we will have complete contentment, joy, even happiness walking in that Light?!
Or perhaps the reason the Psalmist mentioned a lamp AND a light was because if we let the Word of God take us on the first step, in the light that the lamp gives us, then He will light up our entire path, giving us continual direction and lighting our way to see clearly where He is leading! He will give clarity and assurance that He is with us, making our way plain.
A lamp unto my feet, a light unto my path. Walking daily with God will give us all the light and direction we need for each step, for each question, for each trial that comes our way. Jesus will always be there for HE is the Light, the Truth and the Way.
Are you struggling with something today and not sure which way to turn? Let the Word of God be that lamp that points you in the right direction and the Light that brings the peace that passes all understanding.
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