Verse of the Day - Psalm 119:105

Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. ~ Psalm 119:105

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Have you ever visited caverns, where the tour guide shuts off the lights?!? It is a darkness like you have never experienced! They even ask you to put your hand in front of your face, and you can't see a thing! Imagine trying to walk out of that cavern without the lights on, as the path winds and curves and slopes up and down, with ledges and outcroppings waiting to whack you in the head, or holes waiting to send you to who knows where.

That's what it's like to live without God in your life.

There are so many references in the Bible to the things of God being light in the darkness. Check out a few more . . .

The people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned. ~ a prophesy about Jesus in Isaiah 9:2 and Matt. 4:16

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. ~ about Jesus in John 1:1-5

For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake. For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. ~ Paul, in 2 Corinthians 4:5-6

For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. ~ Paul, in Ephesians 5:8-10

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. ~ John, in 1 John 1:5

The point is that God and His ways are right and just and good. It's like walking in the daylight on a very clear day. If there are obstacles, you can see them clearly and go around them without injury. There is no fear of what lies ahead, because it is easily seen.

On the other hand, when we live apart from God, our clarity is lost. Like being in that dark cave. Either you will attempt to walk and stumble badly, causing injury, or you'll stand still, riveted in fear, not getting anywhere.

If we are running from God, the Bible isn't what we want to read, because we're confronted with the truth that we're not living; spiritual light exposes spiritual darkness.

When we humbly acknowledge our sin before God and accept what He has to say as the truth, the Word of God becomes a spotlight for our path, and one that we're happy to use because we know that it is for our good.

I pray that you can find joy and freedom in reading God's word, and that you can accept God's ways for your life today. A sunny sidewalk is far better than a dark cave!

Love,
Joelene