A Lamp Unto My Feet



Meditation

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
(Psalm 119:105)

Before I was saved, I was an evil, stumbling, self-centered, idiotic, pathetic (insert every single terrible adjective here) sinner. However, blind is probably somewhat adequate. I had eyes to see, but I couldn’t see that I was heading straight for hell. I stubbornly rejected the God I knew when I was a young child. I honestly think I still believed God was real as I reached adulthood, even though I told everyone he was a myth. However, if I didn’t believe God existed, why was it so important for me to make others believe that? I have to confess, I didn’t want his light to shine down on my sins. I didn’t want to be exposed for the wicked sinner I was. I didn’t want to have to submit my life to a God who had control over my eternal destiny.
My life was turned upside down when my marriage was falling apart. I was ‘brought low,’ as the saying goes, and my eyes were opened by the Holy Spirit, through the words of an evangelist on October 24, 1998. He broke through my stone-cold heart and made me realize I needed Jesus Christ. I was a basket case before that evening, but God emptied my heart of all the hurt and anguish. Christ filled my heart with a love I’d never felt before. My life was forever changed after that night. I didn’t magically become a perfect Christian that night, of course, but I knew everything was going to be different. All these years later, I am still a work in progress, with the help and guidance of the Holy Spirit.
Since that day, the light of Jesus has revealed the righteous path with his glory and grace. His light does two things for me. It exposes any darkness I may be harboring in my heart, so that I can do something about it. Some things I might be concealing, like unforgiveness, hatreds, covetousness, or sexual fantasies are revealed to me and I am convicted in heart. Secondly, the Word of God is like a spot light for me. It’s light illuminates my path to righteousness. There are times, more than I like to think about, when I’ve wandered off that path. The Holy Spirit will do something that helps me find my way back. He may remind me of a scripture. Sometimes the words of a song will snap me back. I know that the more I read and study the Bible, the less I stray from the righteous path.




Prayer Time

Dear Heavenly Father, you are exceptional, there is no one greater in our eyes. You have made all things possible with a whisper from your lips. We bow down and worship you with humble hearts, Lord. We ask for a pardon for the sins we committed yesterday and those we will commit today. We thank you for sharing your Son with us. He is a lampstand in our darkest hours. Thank you for loving us so much that Jesus would willingly go to the cross to save us. Thank you, Father, for your inspired Word, given over thousands of years and many writers but still timeless and without error. The words of scripture will enlighten us as to your will and plan for our lives, if we will only prayerfully study. Please, Father, give us hungry hearts, that search for you in the Bible and are satisfied. Help us to see the righteous path we must take, with the light of your Word, and give us the Holy Spirit to guide us and help us as we walk in your light. We pray these things in the name above all names. Amen!

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