. A Lamp for My Feet by J.R. Miller Your word is a lamp for
my feet and a light on my path. Psalm 119, 105 God's Word is represented as
a lamp for the feet. It is a lamp, not a blazing sun
or even a lighthouse, but a plain common lamp or lantern which
one can carry about in the hand. It is a lamp for the feet, not
throwing its beams afar, not illumining a hemisphere, but
shining only on the one little bit of road on which the pilgrim's
feet are walking. The law of divine guidance is
step by step. One who carries a lantern on
a country road at night sees only one step before him. If
he takes that step, he carries his lantern forward and thus
makes another step plain. At length he reaches his destination
in safety without once stepping into darkness. The whole way
has been made light for him, though only a single step of
it at a time. This illustrates the usual method
of God's guidance. If this is the way God guides,
it ought never to be hard for us to find our duty. It never
lies far away, inaccessible to us, but is always near. It never
lies out of our sight in the darkness, for God never puts
our duty where we cannot see it. The thing that we think may
be our duty, but which is still lying in obscurity and uncertainty,
is not our duty yet, whatever it may be a little further on.
The duty for the very moment is always clear, and that is
as far as we need concern ourselves, For when we do the little that
is clear, we will carry the light on, and it will shine on the
next moment's step. Jesus said, He who follows me
shall not walk in darkness. Prompt, unquestioning, undoubting
following of Christ takes all the perplexity out of Christian
life and gives unbroken peace. There never is a moment without
its duty. And if we are living near to
Christ and following Him closely, we shall never be left in ignorance
of what He wants us to do. Our daily prayer should be, Direct
my footsteps according to your word, let no sin rule over me. Psalm 119, 133.