A Look at Psalm 119:105

Psalm 119:105 “Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.” 

I remember memorizing this verse as a kid during Sunday School. I challenge each of  us to help our kids and grandkids memorize verses like this that can impact them for the rest of their lives. 

We live in a world of darkness. Without the Word of God there would be no light at all. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep… And God said, ‘Let there be light’” Genesis 1:1-3. The spoken Word of God brought light. Today it is the same. God’s Word to us, whether it is spoken or written, is our only source of light.
 

God brings light to that which is dark. David experienced this firsthand. In Psalm 51:6-7 we read, “Surely you desire truth in the inner parts; you teach me wisdom in the innermost place. Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.” God desires truth in the inner or hidden parts of our heart. Here in Psalm 51 David is confessing his sin of adultery with Bathsheba. God is taking him through a cleansing. The only way for David to be cleansed completely is for him to see his sin. The Word of God. Was revealing the sin of David’s heart, and also lighting a path for him to follow from that point on.
 

When the revealed Word of God is that which lights our path, we will continue moving toward God. God desires truth in the hidden parts of our heart, because our heart is what we follow. When we open our hearts to the Word of God it enters in and reveals all the dark parts. 
 

“Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go’” Exodus 7:14. The Word of God came to Pharaoh’s heart in the form of Moses, over and over. Pharaoh would not let the Word into his heart and subsequently, it hardened. There was no light in it. Pharaoh walked a path that took him farther and farther from God.
 

Let me encourage you to take some time to meditate on this verse. As you do, ask God to give you a heart full of light.

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