This morning, I was reading a message from a WhatsApp contact that made me see/understand a famous verse from Psalm 119 in a totally new way.
Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. (v. 105)
For the first time, this message painted a visual in my mind: I imagined myself walking along a garden pathway, holding a lamp or lantern. What I realised was, in actual fact, the lamp wouldn't light up the entire pathway, from start to end; it would only show me the next few steps on the way. Just the next few steps.
The truth is, if we're going to walk with God; if we're going to really trust Him, just those next few steps need to be enough. God hardly shows us the full picture; He requires us to trust that even if/when we don't see the entire pathway illuminated, we will continue to walk with Him, lamp (the Word of God) in hand, ready to take on what life brings.
It also helped me remember the importance of the Bible as an actual everyday guide. We shouldn't see reading Scripture as an item to tick it off a 'to-do' list, or something we do because we think it'll help us earn extra brownie points in God's book. It's a guide. It's the Big G-O-D actually speaking. It's life.
Love,
Kunmi x
Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. (v. 105)
For the first time, this message painted a visual in my mind: I imagined myself walking along a garden pathway, holding a lamp or lantern. What I realised was, in actual fact, the lamp wouldn't light up the entire pathway, from start to end; it would only show me the next few steps on the way. Just the next few steps.
The truth is, if we're going to walk with God; if we're going to really trust Him, just those next few steps need to be enough. God hardly shows us the full picture; He requires us to trust that even if/when we don't see the entire pathway illuminated, we will continue to walk with Him, lamp (the Word of God) in hand, ready to take on what life brings.
It also helped me remember the importance of the Bible as an actual everyday guide. We shouldn't see reading Scripture as an item to tick it off a 'to-do' list, or something we do because we think it'll help us earn extra brownie points in God's book. It's a guide. It's the Big G-O-D actually speaking. It's life.
Love,
Kunmi x
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