Just Enough Light by David Jeremiah

Tuesday, July 10 Just Enough Light    Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Psalm 119:105    “Tactical” flashlights are all the rage today. Those are the small, usually black, flashlights with LED bulbs that are carried by many law enforcement and military personnel—they fit easily in jacket pockets or in belt holsters. These small lights with their LED bulbs shine incredibly bright. Still, no flashlight will illuminate as much, or as far, as we would like.

Recommended Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:7

Whether in daytime or nighttime, we like to see as far into the future as possible. But there is no light that will give us that kind of vision. The equivalent of modern flashlights in the biblical world was an oil lamp. They would illuminate, at best, a few feet ahead of one’s steps at night. The psalmist used an oil lamp as a metaphor for God’s Word to say that we are given as much light as we need or can use. Sometimes all we need is enough light to take just the next step—to do the next right thing. The apostle Paul called it walking by faith, not by sight. Do you need light on your path? Turn to God’s Word for light enough to take the next step. Never doubt in the dark what God told you in the light.  V. Raymond Edman