” Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.” Psalm 119:105
Many years ago, when I was a child, I would go with my dad to the County Courthouse lawn, following a rain, to pick up night crawlers to use as fishing bait. We would usually go at night when it was very dark. We both had flashlights that shown brightly and we would shine them upon the ground where the nightcrawlers would lay. We could not have accomplished our goal without the flashlights. Our lives in this world are much the same. We live in a world of spiritual darkness and have a terrible time finding our way. We find ourselves lost and have a hard time doing the right things and walking the right path because we cannot see where we are going. Our Lord God has given us a roadmap for our journey in this world. He has provided Jesus as our Savior, and he provided his Holy Word as our flashlight. Through His Word we are able to see the right path and we are able to see the stumbling blocks that are put before us. As we become acquainted with our Lord, we are able to better understand which path he wants us to take. We can see to it that we don’t stumble and fall on the rocks and sticks that we encounter. When we know his Word, we are able to plainly see where we are going, and if we need help, we have the ability to ask through prayer. If we do stumble, he is there to pick us up and put us back on the right path. The Word of God is our flashlight. It is our roadmap. It shows us how to live our lives, love others, forgive others and to live in the truth. With his flashlight we are able to better understand the spiritual ways of our Lord and live our lives in strength, joy and understanding. With an effort, on our part, to read and meditate in his Word we are able to navigate our way through a world that is currently controlled by evil and disgusting ways. He loves us but we have to be willing to learn from him and trust him to lead us down the right path. PRAISE THE LORD IN ALL THINGS!
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