~Daily Devotion 11th~

Psalm 119: 105

"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path."

We are all inexperienced in too much of life to be without a guide. God's Word is that guide.

The whole of Psalm 119 unfolds manifold features of God's Word, showing how dynamically it will assist us in life's most practical circumstances. But no single verse focuses this more clearly than verse 105, which shows how God's Word lights the way, giving direction for each step, ("to my feet") and giving wisdom for long range plans (" to my path").

Joshua links the regular application of God's Word to life as the most certain way to both success and prosperity in living.

Joshua 1:8

"This book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success."

Psalm 119: 130

"The entrance of Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple."

The above verse in Psalm notes the wisdom God's word gives to the "simple," a truth specifically pointing toward the avoidance of making decisions based on human delusion or out right senselessness.

Proverbs 6:23

"For the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light. Reproofs of instruction are the way of life."

The scripture in Proverbs reminds us that the "reproofs" or corrections the Bible gives are as much a part of the "light" it provides as any positive or confirming direction we find therein. Let God's Word guide, correct, instruct, lead, teach, and confirm. Do not hasten ahead without it--ever.

By living your life according to the Scriptures and its instructions you will grow in godliness. Practice obedience to God's Word. Understand that it's the key to further understanding. Order all your life according to God's Word as the key to purity.

Seek illumination from God's eternal Word and not from man's finite wisdom. Regularly meditate on the Scriptures in order to plumb their depths.

Take your stand on the rightness of God's Word. Understand that evil is that which disregards God's instruction. Seek knowledge but, most of all, gain understanding. Know that practical understanding is more important than mere knowledge. Daily ask God to open your heart and mind through the ministry of the Holy Spirit to the message of the Scriptures.

And, mostly even in your afflictions, recognize that God is true to His Word. You can depend on Him. For God is consistent and unchanging. His nature is reflected in His law.

Remember that only the life in the light of God's Word is lived wisely. For this reason, our study of the Bible must be constantly accompanied with the petition that God will give us wisdom and understanding through our study so that we can learn to live in a way that pleases Him.