I Want You To Show Me The Way

Psalm 119 is chockful of good stuff. In addition to Psalm 119:133, there's also Psalm 119:105, which says, "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path."

If you've ever seen one of the small, clay oil lamps which were used in Biblical times, then you will understand this verse even better. These little lamps, which were held in one's hand, offered only a small flicker of a flame, just enough to see one step at a time in the darkness.

But that's what faith in God is all about, isn't it? Too frequently we want to see the whole journey brightly illuminated ahead of us, but normally God wants us to move ahead one step at a time, or one day at a time, and trust Him to keep lighting our paths for us each step of the way.

Is this difficult for you to do? It is for me. It's easy for us to want to see everything and know everything right away. But that's not how God generally operates. If we say that we have faith in Him, then we have to trust Him every step of the way, even in times when we can barely see our hands in front of our face.

God' word is a lamp. A lamp is a small thing, but it will get you where you need to be. Faith in God works in the same way.