‘Thy Word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.’ (Psalm 119:105)
Just over ten years ago, I received a small gift the size of a golf ball. Instead of using batteries, you simply turn a small handle on this tiny torch and it gives a bright light.
Ten years down the road, this little torch is one of my most important possessions. It has a permanent place under my bed where I can easily reach it. I don’t know how many times it has saved my feet from knocks in the dark.
Then in 2014, I bought a second hand car from someone. For the first two days, it was perfect but only just until I had to drive it in the night after an event. Lo and behold; the car almost had nothing to call head lights; I mean a pair of candles would shine brighter. It was a nightmare driving the car home, accompanied by a few rude comments from other road users, and rightly so.
Think of it; how would life be without light? We’ve all had our unpleasant experiences in the dark. That’s why almost everyone has a flashlight app on their phone, which comes in handy almost on a daily basis.
In our meditation verse today, the Psalmist acknowledges God’s Word as a ‘flashlight’ for his feet and as ‘head lights’ to show him the road ahead.
In life we need both. I mean when some chap knocks your car from the back and then hurls insults at you for being a ‘poor driver,’ you need the ‘flashlight’ of the Word to guide your ‘feet’ on to how to deal with that annoying situation.
When you need know which career to pursue or you want to know the best way to raise your children, it’s a ‘light for my path’ situation for which you need God’s wisdom to guide you as you make those long-term decisions.
In Philippians 2:15, Paul reminds the Church that we are “in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom you shine as lights in the world” and hence admonishes us to “hold forth the Word of life” (verse 16). How would this world be like if every Christian did this faithfully?
I believe there is a connection between what Paul is saying and Psalm 119:105. It’s only when we allow the Word of God to guide our feet and our paths that we can shine and give light in this dark and crooked world (Mat. 5:14)
Prayer:
May Your Word guide my steps and my path, O Great Jehovah! Today Lord Jesus, help me shine for your glory in everything I do and say, Amen.
