“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”  Psalms 119:105 (NKJV)

We have all stumbled around in the middle of the night, our hands waving back and forth before us, trying to find the bathroom or kitchen.  The result is often a sore toe due to an unyielding couch or door frame.  What is amazing is that we walk those halls of our homes every day, and we know every step, yet we still can’t find our way in the dark.  We feel uncomfortable, even vulnerable, and we second guess ourselves about things we already know to be true.  That’s what darkness does – it shrouds mankind in uncertainty and doubt, and leaves us stumbling through life.

This is why Christ’s words in John 8:12 are so very significant.  When He says, “I am the light of the world,” Jesus is promising that His truth will illuminate the darkness and provide us with confidence as we walk life’s road.  As light cuts through the darkness and bathes the world with illuminating hope, so our Lord has cut through the cloud of sin an shown us a path we can walk in absolute certainty.

Yet light is used in two other ways in scripture.  The Psalmist calls God’s Word “light,” and Jesus, in Matthew 5:14, said that WE are the light of the world.  Therefore we see that Christ can only show blinded men the way through the darkness if we choose to shine for Him and point people to His illuminating Word.

Kerry