The great weight to the written word is found in the purpose it was given. Its value is also connected in the same way. We treasure it for the light it gives and the one revealed in its paged. In Psalms 119:105, the psalmist writes, “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.” The Word of God is a lamp; the word reveals things hidden in darkness. If a person walks through the woods at night, he is well served to have a flashlight with him. As he walks he can shine it on the ground in front of him so that his feet do not trip over a snag in the path. That is what lamp unto my feet means. The Word illuminates the world around our feet so as to protect the one walking. The word of God is a light for my path; this means it guides us in the way we should go. It helps us to see the evil in on choice and the glory of God in the other. Yet even the choice full of glory has its own kind of suffering – but it is a sweet pain – that in the end makes one more like Jesus.
But how is “the word a lamp,” in the life of a believer? How does it function to light up our world? I think this video will help, though it is set in the middle ages, you see the function of the word as a lamp clearly, and painfully so. It is about 9 mins but worth the watch.
Defy The Darkness - Vidano Films from Stephen Vidano on Vimeo.
Never forget – you get to do something that generations died to do and died because they did, so defy the darkness – Study - Walk - SHINE!
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