Ignite 365: A Lamp to My Feet

"Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path." -Psalm 119:105

It is quite ironic that, sometimes (or should I say most of the times), we usually learn the value of a thing only when we have lost it or (and) we are in dire need of it.

Let us take a candle (or a flashlight) as an example. In a locality where the night is nearly as bright as the day due to a bunch of numerous lampposts, it seems there is no need for any of that at all. The whole year can hastily pass over without recognizing its need, that is unless an unexpected electric blackout occurs that we scramble to find for one amidst the darkest night.

It is interesting that the Word of God is compared to a lamp (a single handheld one). It is very obvious that even a small flame shines the brightest in the darkest time of the night.

I have witnessed this experience personally when I went to the province with the family. The lamp (or candle) literally:

• lightened up my feet and the ground I am standing at,

The Word of God, by His grace, is active and discerns your thoughts and intentions of your heart. It is by faith that we let it guide every decision we are (currently) making. As Hebrews 4:12 says:

"For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart."

• brightened up my path (but shines on only a couple of steps ahead)

It is true that we do not need to know the complete vision of the future in order to make wise decisions today. In the heart of man, God has put eternity and the longing for the future, but God did not reveal everything as what Ecclesiastes 3:11 says. It is very sufficient that by faith, we trust the One who holds the whole future in His hand.


"He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end."

It is by this principle that I commit (by God's grace) to complete the Bible this 2014 through the ESV Study Bible Reading Plan. 

© 2013 Erickson Ibana

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