Seeking for the help of the Lord,
I direct your prayerful attention to Psalm 119 and reading for
our text, verse 105. Verse 105, Thy word is a lamp
unto my feet and a light unto my path. Psalm 119 verse 105. The very words of our text, they
set before us the teaching, the idea, that there is a way that
is to be walked. And that applies to every one
of us. There is a way, we read in Proverbs,
that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways
of death. And yet it is a path that we
personally must walk and need to be guided and directed in,
so that we do not err in that way. And may we each be able
to ask ourselves before the Lord, how is it that we are walking
here in this world. Many years ago we've met with
those who have been friends and disagreed on serious points of
doctrine, but them as a professing Christians Their idea was, well,
it's like a mountain. We're going up one side, and
you're going up the other side, and we'll both reach at the top.
And I think my response at that time was, well, no, not the way
that you're walking. It will not end in the same destination. And there are many that think,
well, there can be many paths and many ways that we can walk
and achieve the same end. But we know even in a natural
way, yes, sometimes there are different ways you can get to
the same destination, but not when you're going an opposite
way. And so we would be reminded in the words of the text that
there is a path, there is ways that are to be walked and that
then should concern us. The second thing that is evident
in this verse is that that path is a path where there is darkness,
otherwise there would be no need of a lamp, no need of light. And when we think of this world,
when it was first created then there was darkness over the face
of the deep there was no light and it was God that came and
commanded that there be light and then gave us the sun and
the moon to be those lights that were to shine upon the earth
well in a spiritual way the lord then has also given us light
so we come to that soon but the first thought that there is darkness
no there's natural light that is true but spiritual darkness
after the fall then there is darkness and the word says gross
darkness over the people that is the darkness of ignorance
the darkness of unbelief the darkness of sin that is over
us by nature. And we're in a world that there
is gross darkness. There's many now that have no
idea of the things of God at all. They don't discern them,
they don't know them, they don't perceive them at all. And by
nature, we are like that as well. And so when we come to a text
like this, we are to be reminded of the kind of world that we're
in, what we are by nature and this is written as a believer
this this is one of the Lord's people that loves the Lord and
loves his ways and that even they they need we need that light
in this dark world the Lord has set his people there he came
here upon this earth he trod this world and it is in this
world that he wrought the salvation for his people he suffered bled
and died on Calvary's tree And it is in this world that his
people are brought in, that they are called and they are quickened.
And yet it is a world in which Satan moves about, and there
is much darkness, much ignorance. And we think of the many years
that under the darkness of the Church of Rome. The light that
is spoken of in the text here was not shiny, it was shut up
in the Latin language and unavailable to the common man. And so it's
good for us to look at the reality of where we are and what this
world really is and as if God puts his stamp and says I know
I know what this world is like I know what is around you the
darkness I know that but here is something that shall be for
you a help a blessing for you to pass through this darkness
and it'd be the same if we had literally a darkness in a in
a room or outside and we needed a torch or something. I remember
years ago when I visited over in this land, it was on holiday
first, and I went with my uncle up on the top of the downs, and
we got lost and night fell. And it was pitch dark up there
over Beachy Head and the downs there. But we were very thankful
for along the paths, there was glowworms. They're little creatures
that glowed and they gave enough light to actually show the way
and to know which way we were to go. And it's something I've
never forgotten. But it's not even seen where
there's daylight. You cannot see them there. But
when there's darkness, then you can see that light, however small
it is. And so thinking of this as well,
in the context of our text the darkness is actually needed to
show forth the light there is to be a contrast and it's seen
even clearer. Paul he says that in Caesar's
household there were those that feared the Lord and we might
say it's made even more remarkable because of where they were the
same as in Ahab's court there were those also that served the
Lord like Obatiah and so We think of the darkness, but we think
of how the Lord can use that for his honor and glory and to
magnify the light. But then there is also a way
where light is needed apart from ourselves. We know that if we
are in a case of darkness, We don't have light in ourselves,
we need something external like a torch or something else to
bring that light. And so it is in a spiritual way. We don't have an inner light. We don't have an understanding. The natural man receiveth not
the things of God, neither can he know them, they are spiritually
discerned. the disciples many times it was
highlighted that they did not have understanding the lord says
do ye not yet understand when he appeared to them when he'd
risen from the dead then opened he their understanding that they
might understand the scriptures and so it is emphasized that
understanding that light did not come from themselves it came
from outside And it was then to give light to them and into
the way that they were to go. Now, when we're coming to this
text, I want to come to some points in a moment. And of course,
the text is pointing to the Word of God. But maybe just suppose
for a moment, what if we did not have the Word of God? sometimes
we can value something and we do value something if it's taken
away sadly it's too late then it's gone but if we were to suppose
that we were banned from the word of god or we did not have
it in our tongue and all that we read in it all that we know
from it we we couldn't know it we didn't know it what would
we do What would we have? What if the Church of God had
not the Word of God? We think of those former generations
where they did not have it, where there was a real thirst for it
in our land here in the UK, and where the Bibles were chained
to the pulpits. Many who could not read, they
came to listen to the Word read. They really valued it. And of
course, there are those organizations, the Trinitarian Bible Society,
the Free Race Evangelistic Society, bring the Bibles into Africa,
bring Bibles where they do not have them. They do not have the
Word of God. But sometimes it does us good
who have many copies of the Word of God in our houses to think,
what if we did not have it? What if we were told, you must
not have recourse to it, you must not read it, you must not
look into it, you must not go by its precepts and by its instructions
and teachings? Well, we would not know of our
Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We would not know of the gospel.
We would not know those things at all. And faith that cometh
by hearing and hearing by the word of God. that means of faith
you would not have. And yes, the Lord is able to
impart, able to supernaturally bring His Word and bring that
light to us. But when we think of the natural
creation, He not only said, let there be light, but He did set
in the heavens those, the sun and the moon, that was to be
a light. a constant one. And in that way,
the Word of God is set as that light to the Church of God and
in this dark world. So I want to come to three points. Firstly, Thy Word and its description
as a lamp and as a light. and then secondly what is needed
for the word to be this to us personally remembering our text
it says thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path
it is personal and then thirdly how the word is a lamp and a
light But firstly the word, thy word
and its description. The Lord said, while he was on
earth, that ye will not come unto me that ye might have life,
and men will not come to the light because their deeds are
evil. And so when we're thinking of
the kind of darkness that is upon the earth, it is a spiritual
darkness, So we need a spiritual light. And the Word of God is
a spiritual book. We read that the law is spiritual. The natural man receiveth not
the things of God, neither can he know them. They are spiritually
discerned. And so the Word of God is then,
if it is to be that light, then it is to be a spiritual book. It is the book of books, there
is no other book like it, because this is the inspired, infallible
Word of God. Those written have a period of
some 1,500 years by some 40 authors, yet the true penman, the true
author, the penman, 40 penmen, but the author is the Holy Spirit. All scripture is given by inspiration
of God. and is profitable, is profitable
for doctrine, for teaching in righteousness, that the man of
God might be throughly, throughly affected, throughly given the
things of God, ability to understand the things of God. So the Word
of God, it comes from God Himself, inspired by God, infallible,
no error in it, and that Word is then described as a lamp and
as a light. Really many errors in the Church
of God, they arise and they are fueled by the thought that the
Bible is not the infallible Word of God. As soon as men start
to pick it about and undermine it, as soon as they disallow
the claims that the world was created in six days and out of
nothing, and as soon as they say, well Paul's writing, that's
Paul and we don't have to take knowledge of him, then that light
is not only dimmed, it is taken away. And as our Lord charged
those in his day that they made the Word of God of none effect
because of their traditions. So they had the Word of God.
but it was not showing the light that it should, because they
were not viewing it as they should have viewed it. And that is a
real lesson to us. May we always have a high view
of the Scriptures of truth, and that every word of God is pure. The Lord gave the word, great
was the company of them that published it. And may we be very
careful as well, in comparing scripture with scripture otherwise
we can have scripture like satan did it is written cast thyself
down from hither because it is written he shall give his angels
charge over thee lest thou dash thy foot against a stone the
lord says it is written again thou shalt not tempt the lord
thy god we can quote scripture and quote it out of context we
need to compare old testament new testament a proper interpretation
of the word of God and that is vital otherwise it is making
that word of none effect if we have an insurance policy we don't
think of just reading one part of that If we did that then and
excluded the parts that spoke of exclusions or things like
that it would make void the whole document. If we thought well
we can just ignore this part on our motor policy that says
you've got to have a license or your car's got to have a roadworthy
certificate or you've got to have the car insured we just
ignore that and we just have this insurance and we just trust
that I can drive like I like and drink what I like and no,
you have all of those clauses that could make the whole document,
the whole insurance to be of none effect and so we need to
be very careful with the Word of God is concerned as well one
of the words is very helpful to remember join prayer with
each inspection and of course the holy spirit who inspired
it is the one that sheds the light upon it and causes it to
shine forth blind so it's a a beautiful way of viewing the word of god
and may it be from this afternoon that that is renewed to us, that
we look upon the Word of God as in this dark world of sin
and within our own heart of all its darkness and all its lack
of knowledge and understanding and all its sin, here is this
Word, the Word of God, which is a light, which is a lamp,
It will show us what we wouldn't see otherwise. It will turn this
darkness into light. It will make the word even more
valued and beautiful and precious. Because there is darkness, that
we have this light. And so may we think of this picture
as being conducive to make us value and prize. the Word of
God even more. I want to look then secondly that
what is needed for the Word to be this to us personally. If we were to take the Bible,
the Word of God And we take it down to the street and just put
it in the hands of anybody and say, well, read this and tell
me what it means, or this will show you the way of life or what
to do. And they would have the book,
they'd have the words, but it wouldn't mean anything to them
unless there was a preparation unless there was something that
was joined to him we think of the thessalonians which the apostle
when he preached to them he said the word came unto them not in
word only but in demonstration of the spirit and of power there
was that which was joined to him we think of the parable of
the sower parable of the sower we are told very clearly that
the seed is the word of God but for that seed to bring forth
and to be fruitful there needed to be a prepared ground and then
it brought forth fruit and so likewise for the word of God
to be a light to us and a lamp to us there are things that are
vital first and the first is this that there be given to us
life because we are dead in trespasses and sins because we are natural
people that and the natural man receive it not the things of
god The first thing that we need is life. Now we're not to think
when we give the word to people, well it's useless giving them
to that, that person, that word, because they're dead. We know
their life, we know their conduct, and so we will not bother. I've even heard that. I've asked
someone, have they given this particular person a Bible? Oh no, that would be a waste.
And that was the response. Or maybe we do know people that,
because we know them well, we think how they would react to
it. But really, we should not think that. We should not judge
first whether one is capable of receiving it or not, because
there comes a point in every one of God's children's lives
that the Lord passes by them and gives them life. And it may
be through one means or another, maybe through the reading of
the Word that at first they understand not like, and then the Lord gives
them that life, gives them an appetite, a desire for the Word
of God. So we know that it is the Lord
that instigates life. I pass by thee and bid thee live. and the Lord is the one that
came to this dark benighted world and and commanded that there
be light so there must be life if this word is to be a lamp
and a light to us we must have life in our own souls you must
have that blessing the eternal life i give unto them eternal
life they shall never perish neither shall any man pluck them
out of my hands spiritual life You also need faith. We read
the Word of God did not profit them because it was not mixed
with faith in them that heard it. So the Lord Jesus Christ,
again, is the author and finisher of our faith. We need that. We need a hearing ear. With the
parables, the Lord said after them, he that hath an ear let
him hear. and the letters to the churches.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto
the churches. Not every man, woman, child has
a spiritual ear. The ear trieth words, and to
be able to say mine, ear hath he opened. The Lord opened an
ear to hear the word of God. Another thing that is needed
is a teachable spirit. We've all come across people
that we've tried to teach them, tried to show them, but we can't
because they know best. They know it all and you just
cannot get through to them. They're fixed in one idea and
one way and however much the word is broad they're not open
to teaching they're not open to being directed they've got
their face set on one way and you try to point them another
way and then they just hear you out perhaps politely but then
go on their own way again And so, with the people of God, it
is different. We read in Isaiah, that thou
shalt hear word behind thee, saying, this is the way, walk
ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, when ye turn to the
left. And we need then that teachables
to listen, to hearken to that word, and to follow that word. A teachable spirit. The Holy
Ghost given. as the teacher he is given to
believers he indwells believers and it is the holy spirit that
then who is the interpreter of the word of god that is the applier
of the word of god the same as he inspired the word of god and
there's another thing we need as well and that is grace to
obey him now we might know what he's right but Pride rises up. We might resist that word and
not want to walk in that way. We need grace. Grace to receive
the word, to fall under the word. You think of when it was in a
chastening situation with David when he'd committed adultery
and murder and Nathan came to him. and when he said there are
the men David fell under that word he acknowledged it and we
need that as well so there needs to be if this word is to be to
us personally if it is going to be guiding my feet If it is
going to be a light unto my path, then I need personally, not the
person next to me, not someone else, but I need to have these
preparations in my own heart, in my own life. Now before we
come to the next point, that is, how the Word is a lamp and
a light, I just make this observation as well, to turn this the other
way round. If we've clearly seen that the
Word of God has been a lamp to our feet, and has been a light
unto our path, it tells us this, that we do have life, we do have
faith, we do have the Spirit, we do have that preparation.
If it has affected our lives, if it has changed what we do,
then we can say, we have had a teachable Spirit, And the Lord
has given us grace to obey it and obedience in His Word. And
so sometimes we might question, say, am I really a child of God?
Have I really got grace? Have I really got faith? And
then the Lord gives us a situation where we cannot but know that
He has guided us. It has been His Word that has
been a lamp and a light to us which then we go from that which
may be in indisputable ways in providence the word has been
what has changed the course of our lives it is altered what
we are doing we've stopped one way we've gone another way we've
seen what we could not see before And so join to that is saying
to us and saying to any poor sinner that knows this, you do
have life, you do have faith, you do have these blessings,
otherwise the word would not have this effect upon you. The only way it has this effect
is if the Lord has given you the life and light and ability
for that word to enter in and to receive it remember the testimony
of the psalmist in our text thy word is is a lamp unto my feet
and a light unto my path if you and i will have a personal felt
interest in christ and in the things of god Then we come into
this text and we're able to say what the psalmist says here,
thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path. So I want to look then thirdly
at how the word is a lamp and a light. I want to take the path first. Some view it that these two ways
of saying this are the same thing, but we can have a way, say a
way, the woods that are near us, there is a way to go from
one side of the woods to the other way, the other side. in
doing that in that way there's various paths involved in it
so that's the more smaller or particular path that we're walking
in that way but then as we walk in that path we're putting our
feet down we're putting our steps down Now in the woods near us,
there's many holes, there's things if you don't watch where you
put your feet, you could be falling over, tripping over. Over there
in Australia, well, you watch out for snakes. I remember over
in New Zealand, going through some long grass and the friends
that were with me, they said, what are you doing? I said, what
do you mean? They said, well, as you're walking,
you're just looking from one side to the other. And I hadn't
even been conscious of doing it. And I said, well, I'm just
looking for snakes. And they just laughed and said,
there's no snakes over here. Because over here in England,
well, we only got one poisonous snake. I don't think I've ever
seen a snake here in the 30 years I've been here. And so, and yet
many in Australia, but you're looking exactly where you're
putting your feet. And that is the important thing,
that is what is spoken of here. So thinking of the paths first,
Jeremiah in Jeremiah chapter 6 verse 16, we're told this,
Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see and ask
for the old paths. Where is the good way? And walk
therein. you shall find rest for your
souls but they said we will not walk therein so there is the
effect of one that is unprepared ground unwilling to be taught
but it's pointed as the old paths it's a great blessing to have
like in hebrews 11 that long cloud of witnesses those who
have gone before us those who have shown us the way is a great
blessing for that. You can think of the early church
creeds, the Nicene Creed, 1700 years since that was drafted
up. We have the Apostles' Creed,
we have the Athanasian Creed. Many of those creeds, they were
very, very sound. on the teaching of the Trinity,
the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, the Godhead in its three persons,
distinct persons, and of our Lord Jesus Christ, His true humanity. and true divinity and right early
in the church of God they set these foundations and these lights
and yet even in recent years there's been those that try to
undermine or go against that and it's good then to to realize
that there are those old paths and of course we don't look for
those just outside of scripture we have those inside the scripture
the way that abraham isaac jacob the saints of god recorded in
the word of god how that they walked of course our lord jesus
christ puts it very, very clearly, I am the way, the truth and the
life, no man cometh unto the Father but by me. When he teaches
about himself as a good shepherd, when the shepherd puts forth
his sheep, he goeth before them. And so they follow him. and they
put their feet where his feet trod, they walk in his ways,
they walk in those ways of truth, those ways of holiness, those
paths of truth, those paths of peace, the peace of the cross
of the Lord Jesus Christ, that narrow way that leadeth unto
life that few there be that find in. And so the paths is really
the whole teaching of the gospel the way of salvation through
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ those vital doctrines John says
in his second epistle if any come unto you and bring not this
doctrine You don't receive him into your houses, nor bid him
Godspeed. It is a path that is downward
to hell. It's not the path of the righteous. It's not the path to life. And so, set before us in the
Word of God is that path that we are to walk and it is a light
it shines upon the word it shines to give us that way that we are
to walk within the way is to be a path
that is a personal path as well it is a path that we walk in
experience and very few of the lord's dear people or the same
path is very evident from Hebrews 11 all of them had faith that
was a constant but they didn't all have the same experience
and same path very very different very very different and same
right the way through scripture and with you and i that will
be the case as well and sometimes it's very hard to understand
our path And this is where the Word of God is very wonderful
for the people of God. It's a light. Sometimes we can
have a dark path and maybe we say all these things are against
us. We look at all things that are
happening in Providence, we say it's all against us. Then we
read through the Scriptures and we get to Genesis and we read
of dear Jacob. All these things are against
me. What? the language that I'm saying what I'm thinking here
it is in the Word of God and we look at Jacob and we look
at his life and look at all the things that are happening and
we know the end from the beginning of that account of Joseph carried
into Egypt and of Jacob and all that happened were just before
Joseph was revealed and shown him again and yet he thought
all these things were against him what a light upon our dark
path can be shown when we have that account before us when we
think of why this world is like a wilderness and we have no light
at all and we read with the children of Israel the Lord went before
them And what was the great mark right from the beginning to end?
The cloudy fiery pillar. Cloud by day, fire by night to
give them light by the way. The Lord was their light. And
what an encouragement to us when we feel the darkness, the Lord
is our light. The Word of God is our light. And then we think of Joseph,
Joseph given that expectation, the promises, the dreams that
he had. And then how his life seemed
to go so contrary to this. Until his time came, we read
in Psalm 105, the word of the Lord tried him. And when our
life is like that, we then look at the word of God and in reading
that it shines light. If this was the path of one of
the children of God, this is a path that I am walking. Wait on the Lord. Trust in Him. Faith is raised up. The Lord
knows what He's doing. I can't see, but the Lord can,
and He's given me this light to understand, to trust in the
Lord. We think of Job. Very few have
suffered so deep as dear Job walked. The Lord gave, and the
Lord hath taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord. But what a path! What about with
his friends? Miserable, comfortless, are ye
all? When we read these accounts,
we read of Job, O that I knew where I might find him, that
I might come even unto his seed. What, one of the Lord's people
cannot find the Lord? Cannot find him? There's that
light from the Word. Here is another that's walked
this path, that's come out the other side of it. Now Bunyan
in his Pilgrim's Progress, he speaks of his Christian walking
through the valley of the shadow of death. and the great fears
that he had in it but then he he listened and he he seemed
to hear that there's another in that valley and he listened
and he heard this though i walk through the valley of the shadow
of death i fear no evil for thou art with me thy rod and thy staff
they comfort me and how he was strengthened and comforted another
was walking in this valley too and of course we know that was
David in Psalm 23 and so in that way the Word of God is a lamp
unto our feet and especially so where we find that our path
is the path of our Lord Jesus Christ they all forsook him and
fled we might walk that path as well The darkness that he
felt, my God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? And we walk
that path and we read in the Word of God. We think of the
temptations of Satan and we read of Satan coming and tempting
our Lord Jesus Christ. Wherever we may be tempted and
tried as that the way we are going is wrong, a different way,
The lamp of the Word of God, the light of the Word of God,
it shines on that way and says, your way is like that that the
fathers trod. Your path is the path that they
trod. The path that they trod as described
in the Word of God, that which was written aforetime, is written
for our learning that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures
might have hope. And in that way, it's a light
to us by what others have gone through. Another way, it is a
light to our path in giving us understanding. You think of the things that
are set forth in the Word of God. Hebrews 12, the Lord chasteneth
every son whom he receiveth. We come into things in Providence,
things in our lives, and what would we make of them? Except
to realize that, Hear ye the rod and who hath appointed it.
This is God's chastening. He's not cast you off. He's not
said you're not a child. But light is shone on your path
as this is chastening. You think of Peter. that, if
needs be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations. And he speaks of the needs be
of the trial of faith, that grace, though the smallest, must surely
be tried. And we know this from the Word
of God, that it shines a light upon what the Lord does, His
dealings, His ways, His methods, You think of Isaiah, line upon
line, here a little, there a little. You might think, I've been in
the way, but I know so very little. But you wouldn't go to a child
in the first grades of primary school and say, look, you don't
know much about calculus, do you? You're not able to write
an essay. I don't really think you're in
the right school at all. You're not really in the school
that I'm in. They'd say, yes, I am, but I'm
not where you are yet. In due time, in a year or two's
time, as I'm taught, line upon line, and one truth after another,
I'll get gradually where you are as well. Despise not the
day of small things. All thy children shall be taught
of the Lord. Great shall be the peace of thy
children. And as we read that line, and
realize the Lord is teaching us but little by little the Lord
taught them as they were able to bear it he said to his disciples
i have many things to say unto you but you cannot bear them
now and this is when we read these things it is a light on
our path as interpreting our path and so we we understand
what the Lord is doing with his people We don't plant a seed
for a tree and then the next morning we've got a 40 foot tree. We know that there is first the
blade, then the ear, then the full corn in the ear, even for
something like corn. And for a tree we know that we
are patient to wait for it to grow and to mature. And so the
Word of God explains these things in a spiritual way. as a light
to us. This part is, of course, with
the experiential ministry as well. When we preach the experience
of the truth, not just the truth, but what it is to actually be
walking in these paths, the things that we feel. The Sama says,
Thou knowest my down-sitting, mine up-rising. Thou understandest
my thought afar off. and we read that they that have
no changes they fear not God and where would we be as the
people of God if we thought well we have so many changes hot one
day cold the next one day we love the things of God next we're
indifferent and we're captivated by this or that where would we
be except the light shine upon the the word of God shine upon
our path and say look this is the way that the Lord's people
walk. These are the changes. These
are their fears. These are their tremblings. These
are their questions. How many questions in the Word
of God? And yet we have the Word as a
light upon our questions. Many times we have been in a
school situation and the teacher will ask and say, are there any
questions? Many are a bit embarrassed and
they don't want to ask the questions. So I put up my hand and I ask
my question, thinking, well, everyone's going to laugh at
me, but instead of laughing, they're all listening intently
while the answer is given. They wanted the same answer.
Well, when we come to the Word of God as a lamp, how many of
our questions have been answered? How many of our impossible situations
have been explained? How many things has the Lord
come and he's like opened our understanding that we should
understand the scriptures to come alongside us like the two
in the way to Emmaus and that he's shown himself in all the
scriptures. So the paths, my paths, thy word
is a lamp unto my feet, a light unto my path. So we may ask this,
has this been so with you? The path that the Lord, by divine
grace, has brought you to walk in, in this world, has the Word
of God been a light to that path? Has it interpreted it? Has it
explained it? Has it explained what has happened
to you? What the Lord is doing and what
He is doing? Some of the hymns, I think hymn
295, I ask the Lord that I might grow and how the Lord has answered
that prayer by crosses. And these things are explained
in the Word of God. I want to look then at my feet. My feet. My sinful feet. Myself as a sinner walking in
the way. My feet. We are to walk it, not another. Where do we put our feet? We
mentioned before of our Lord Jesus Christ as the Good Shepherd
and following Him. What a blessed thing to put our
feet where His feet went, to walk after Him, to follow Him. That is the best way, isn't it?
I will lead the blind in a way that they know not. I'll make
those crooked places straight, the rough places plain. These
are the places where the Lord's people are putting their feet,
where they're actually walking at a particular time. Now in this afternoon, you might
be in a particular place, walking in a particular way. Where do
we put our feet? You know, our feet be shared
with the preparations of the Gospel of Peace. What a blessed
thing to be walking in a Gospel way, to walking and putting our
feet in those ways. He will guide our feet into these
ways. And when we realize that it is
through the Word of God that He's put our feet, put us to
actually walk into one blessing. I wonder how many texts, passages
of the Word of God you can say, I walked in that passage, I walked
in that text, the Lord put me to stand in that text, to know
what it is, to walk in that path, that is not strange to me, I
know that way. And so it may also point to where
decisions are to be made often think with joseph he did not
need to make the decision shall i go into egypt shall i go into
prison everything was taken out of his hand but sometimes we
do need and maybe this afternoon those you you need direction
you need where to step next where to put your feet next what job
to go to what way to take where do i put my feet Thy word is
a lamp unto my feet. That instructs us. I will instruct
thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go, I will guide
thee with mine eye. And so in those very personal
ways, when we are seeking for direction, for guidance, the
word of God is a lamp. The Lord uses it for his people. The Lord uses it to show them
when things are dark, especially when things are dark. That is
where we need the Word of God. And may we know something of
this light, and may it give us that assurance and comfort that
we are the Lords. May we be able to say with the
psalmist, Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, a light unto my
path. It shows me the way of life. It shows me the Lord Jesus Christ. It shows me those things in the
world, in the Word of God, that in this dark world are such a
comfort, a light, a joy to my soul. May the Lord add His blessing. Amen.