One of the most quoted verses in scripture is a small verse tucked into the longest chapter in the Bible. Psalm 119:105 - “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.”Often times the simple things are the most profound and impactful things. Listen again to what the verse says, “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path.”The picture is a person walking at night. It’s dark, but thankfully, they have a lamp. In the Old Testament times, living without the benefit of electricity and batteries, a lamp would be the only way you could see at night. Small, olive-oil lamps were common. Everyone had one. If you were walking to a neighbors house at night, the lamp would provide light, but just enough for your next step.Several times, I have driven from my home here in California to my parents home in Texas. There are some long and lonely stretches out in west Texas, that are pitch black at night. The only way we can drive in a place that dark, the only way we can see is with the use of the headlights on our car.  Our headlights never shine all the way to our destination; they illuminate only about 160 feet ahead. But that doesn’t deter us from moving forward. We trust our headlights.Someone has observed, "He who carries a lantern on a dark road at night sees only one step ahead. When he takes that step, the lamp moves forward and another step is made plain. He finally reaches his destination in safety without once walking in darkness. All the way is lighted, but only a single step at a time. This is the method of God's guidance.”God’s word will show you the next step. It’s been my experience that God doesn’t always show us the big picture for our lives. He wants us to trust him one step at a time. Today, you and I live in troublesome times. The American culture can now be describes as post-christian. There seems to be no such thing as right and wrong. Fear, anxiety, stress, anger, and frustration are at all time highs. There is strife and conflict in families, the workplace, schools, the government, and even in churches.How can we move forward? We cannot without the truth of scripture lighting our path. If we study God’s Word, if we listen for his voice, we will find the next step for our lives.You may not see the long term future, but that’s ok. All you need to know is your next step…and God loves to show us the next step.Without the light of God’s Word, we can’t see our next step. We don’t have the guidance and direction we need to know where to place our foot. Without this light we take steps that seem right to us, but are outside of God’s will. We can take dangerous steps. We can take steps that lead us into deception. We can take steps that lead us away from God.The Bible helps us walk the way God wants us to walk. In 1 John 1:7 the scripture again says we are to walk in the light. “But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.” Walking in the light is only possible if we use the Word of God.Lighting the little olive-oil lamp would be a necessity everyday for a Jewish family. You can see a mother lighting the lamp in the early morning to get ready for the day. We can imagine the family gathered around this small lamp in the evenings as they have dinner together. The lamp was a daily necessity.So it is with us. The light we receive from God’s Word is a daily necessity. Without it we walk in darkness. We can’t turn to this light only in times of trouble. It must light our paths on a daily basis.Today’s Challenge: Are you wandering in darkness? Are you looking for your next step but you can’t see where to go? Determine you will make God’s Word a part of your daily life. Let his word be a lamp to your feet and a light to your path.

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