Part 2. A Lamp

Look way back at my first sentence, quoting Psalm 119: 105: “Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.” That statement, or “Truth,” alone should be enough to cause a believer to want to immerse him or her self into the Words of their Creator. Do we really believe that the Word of God will light our way along this path of life? Our actions may say, “Well, sometimes I believe that and sometimes I don’t.” We need to know, for a fact, in the very depths of our being, (that is in our spirit), that this passage of scripture (Ps. 119:105) is “Truth,” and it should then change our lives. I am talking again about revelation understanding --- the knowing that this passage is true for me and you every minute of every day of our lives.

The very first recorded words literally spoken by God are found in Genesis 1:3. Let’s look at the very beginning. Genesis 1:1-4: “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Then God said, ‘Let there be light;’ and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.”

So God’s very first recorded words were, “Let there be light.” Of course, He was referring to light in the natural and His separation of light from darkness. But how interesting this is, in relation to our topic today --- that our Creator’s first recorded words were: “Let there be light.” Every believer can walk daily in God’s light. That is, God’s spiritual illumination.

In the natural, when we are in darkness, it is very difficult to find our way. Every morning we wake up to a new day, not knowing what it will hold. Without His illumination it would be like waking up in a dark and unfamiliar place every day, not knowing where there are obstacles that will cause us to stumble and fall or pits into which we might plunge. God knew, from the beginning, that mankind would need physical light in order to make it in the world, as well as spiritual light in order to live in relationship with God, walking out abundant life on earth and then on into eternity. Speaking of eternity--- then we will have the most splendid light of all. In John’s description of the New Jerusalem, he says, “But I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light. And the nations of those who are saved shall walk in its light, and the kings of the earth bring their glory and honor into it.” Revelation 21: 22 – 24 NKJV Wow --- does this not make you just plain homesick!?