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15th February 2025
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''Got Questions' Ministries asks'
'How is God's Word a lamp to my feet '
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Psalm 119 is a long acrostic poem dedicated singularly to honouring and proclaiming the value of God's Word.
In verse 105, the psalmist declares to the Lord,
"Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path"
..... Psalm 119:105 ESV
Just as a lamp brightens a path for our feet to walk, God's Word provides the illumination and guidance we need to walk in this world.
The word translated "lamp" in this passage is ner in the original Hebrew.
It refers to a small clay lantern with a solitary wick.
The psalmist describes the Word of God as a lamp carried on his journey to distinguish the way and keep him from stumbling off course and going astray.
The light of God's Word allows us to see the right direction.
It is God's guidance for our travels through life on earth.
Ideas like moral relativism, situational ethics, and subjectivism make staying on the right path all the more challenging and perplexing.
Worldly voices claim, "There are many paths to God,"
"There's no such thing as absolute truth," and "Just do what feels right to you."
If we aren't careful about the choices we make, if we listen to these voices rather than rely on God's illuminating truth to guide us on the right roads, we will quickly encounter grief and ruin.
Only God's Word provides the direction we need.
Second Peter 1:19 describes it as a reliable lamp shining in a dark place:
"We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts."
The apostle Paul told his young protégé, Timothy,
"All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work"
2 Timothy 3:16-17, NLT.
If we study God's Word frequently and diligently, if we give it our full attention, it will provide us with the direction, correction, and wisdom we need to succeed in life and do the Lord's work.
God's Word has extraordinary power, says Hebrews 4:12
"For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart."
The Word of God is alive because He is a living God.
His words are full of energy, life, power, and productivity - they cause things to happen.
If we allow it to, if we don't ignore it, God's Word will take an active presence in our lives.
We can trust the Word of God to accomplish whatever purpose God intends for it and to prosper wherever He sends it.
For this reason, we ought to study it, meditate on it, hold firmly to it, and hide it in our hearts
Christians can say to God, "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path" because the Word of God is the living energy that actively provides illumination, insight, direction, and guidance for our pilgrimage through a dark and sinful world.
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