“Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light for my path.” (Psalm 119:105)
Physically and metaphorically, we have lots of good sources of light in our lives. We flip switches and trust that the lamps will always come on. We awake each morning knowing that the sun will rise to illuminate the earth. Teachers and parents pass on the light of knowledge to their charges. Doctors, nurses and other healing professionals are led by the light of science to care for those in need. It’s no wonder that the creation story begins with: “Let there be light.” God knew — and continues to know —what we most need.
Light, in its many forms, uses and meanings, is perhaps God’s ultimate gift. Without it, we would literally and figuratively be in the dark, our lives only shadows and figures in fog. Spiritually, God lights our way through the darkness of our lives with his Word — with words of scripture left to light our paths, and with the ongoing presence and movement in our lives of Jesus, the Incarnate and living Word. Lamps for our bewildered feet.
Ask yourself in silence: Which lamps light my path? How much do I trust the living Word of God to show me the way through the darkness of life’s questions?
It is such a gift of God’s grace that we get to be lamps and light, reflecting the light Christ puts in us, to other people.
Thanks, Tom. I enjoying reading your weekly missives…