088. "Thy Word Is a Lamp Unto My Feet"

"Thy Word Is a Lamp Unto My Feet"

(Psalms 119:105) "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path."

Several years ago we were on our way from Emmaus to Jerusalem late at night, traveling on donkey back. As we rode along we noticed a path at a distance, but leading to ours, along which some men were walking. As they approached us, we noticed that as they walked over this narrow, stony path, filled with holes and many good places to stumble, a little light kept shooting out before them.

We waited until they joined us and found they had small foot lamps. Some had straps tied around the ankle with a small clay lamp attached; others were larger clay lamps carried in the hand. They would swing the lamp a few feet before them to throw a light on the stony, unsafe path. "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." God does not promise light for a mile ahead or a half mile, but for one step at a time.