"Light On My Path"

Light on My Path

Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.

Psalm 119:105

The psalmist describes God’s word as a lamp and a light. There is a sense of movement here with the emphasis of the psalmist’s feet on a path.

We don’t know where the psalmist is going, or where the path of life may lead us.

But the picture here is that God’s word guides the believer through life, even in dark spaces where the path is uncertain, and potential dangers may lie ahead.

Last week we talked about shadows in the valley (Psalm 23:4) If there is no light, then there can be no shadow.

This psalm reminds us that God has not left us to figure out life on our own. Rather, God’s word accompanies us, showing us how to live faithfully as God’s people.

While our technology, governmental structures, and understandings of the universe are different from when the Bible was written, the commands and the stories of God’s faithful love provided through the Bible help us to see what it can look like to walk in the light of God’s path today.

As we engulf ourselves in God’s word, we also learn to recognize more fully that Jesus is the ultimate expression of God’s word.

Jesus was sent not simply to guide us but to be “the way and the truth and the life” (John 14:6) through whom we receive salvation and experience peace with God.

And it is by God’s grace, that all who follow Jesus have the light of life not because of what they do, or who they are, but because of who Jesus is and what Jesus has done. Hallelujah!

Thank you, Jesus, for your faithfulness and your sacrifice on our behalf. We praise you that the light of your life makes us right with God!

Lord God, we are so grateful that you did not leave us on our own. Thank you for sending Jesus not only to light our path in life but also to be the path to life in you. Amen.