Lights

      Lights are, for the most part, always welcome in a dark situation.  I can recall one period in my life when lights were not wanted and it was during an  air raid.  World War 2 found a lot of people functioning as air raid wardens in towns across America.  The siren would blow in the dark of night while the sound of a single engine plane could be heard overhead.  It was the spotter looking for any light that it could find.  Hopefully, it wouldn’t find any light at that time. Our town had about 36,000 people, so, didn’t take long for the plane to fly over the populated area and then land at the local airport. We were listening to Henry Aldrich during one such air raid and Mom hung a newspaper over the lit dial of the tall radio. Spiritually speaking, light is important and many passages in the Bible speak of the importance of this light in our lives.  Psalm 119:105 says, “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”  In this passage, the Light is likened to the Word of God and it is explained how the Light is both a lamp for our feet and a light for our path.   The two references are both important.  You need to know where your feet are planted and you need to know the path in which you are about to trod.  The Scriptures point out how that the Word of God is able to perform both of these functions.  No Scripture is unimportant.  It is very interesting to note how the smallest of lights are able to be seen. This was the concern during the air raid and people knew that the smallest of lights could be seen from the air and show the enemy the location of our building.  Of course, this is going to mean that each and every one of us are going to have to be in the Word of God each and every day.  You can’t absorb the Word of God by sleeping on your Bible and hope that it gets into your mind by the process of osmosis.  Each and every believer needs to be having an input of the Word of God each and every day.  Will you be content to stumble around in the dark or will you be walking in the Light of the Word of God?  Praise God for His Word today.