If we don’t lean on our own understanding but personally appropriate God’s word and practically use it by acknowledging Him in our daily routines, He will direct our paths and we shall surely light up our cities and communities. Hundreds of other scriptures show that God intended that we depend upon Him, to seek His guidance, to be led by Him and to be directed by Him. This is the way that God created us to be. And nearly all our problems come from being self-motivated and doing things our own way.
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” (Psalm 119:105). The word is our lamp and light. We must never turn away from it. By leaning on His word and meditating on it day and night, we will always walk in the light of His word, and by so doing, we will be led to wise decisions to bring glory to God. Let’s allow the light to lead us to shine, prosper and have good success. Our best light is like darkness without the word of God. Our ways without it will lead to disastrous consequences.
You can go all the way back to the garden of Eden where God gave Adam and Eve instructions about the way He wanted them to live. He said I do not want you to eat of the tree of knowledge and evil. They chose to do the very opposite, they thought they knew better than God. They thought that if they ate the fruit of knowledge and evil, they would be better off and so they did it their way and went against what God spoke to them and ushered the whole human race into all the problems that we have. The root of all the problems that we have is that we do things in our own way, we don’t follow God’s directions.
“My son, do not forget my law, but let your heart keep my commands; 2 For length of days and long life and peace they will add to you” (Pro. 3:1-2). If we heed to the word of God, we will have long life, we will have a pleasant life, God will direct our steps. One step at a time, He will surely lead us to light up the world if we allow Him. He will keep us from trouble, we will have blessings in our lives and be a blessing to others. This is repeated so many times in scripture that if we will follow God’s directions, we will be led to abundant lives.
Jesus said in John 10:10; “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly”. And so, Jesus came to give us abundant lives. “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world” (John 16:33). And the Lord told us not to let our hearts be troubled. “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also” (John 14:1-3). There’s an abundant life. You will have joy, peace and fulfilment by leaning on God and following Him.
In our campaign to spread the gospel, there’s almost always a troubled path that we have to walk, but His steadfast light never ceases to shine to accomplish His work. He gives abundant light to our paths throughout our campaign. He directs us to where the gospel is needed and subsequently directs the sinner to the narrow path that leads to eternal life, the heavenly home where special mansions have been prepared for us by our saviour, Christ Jesus. “Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears, let them hear” (Mat. 13:43).
Please join me to declare His loving kindness to the dying world. He is mighty to save but He does so through the gospel spoken by you and me. Let’s lean on God and do as commanded.