A Lamp to My Feet

Psalms 119:105,110-112

“Your word is a lamp to my feet

    and a light to my path.”

“The wicked have laid a snare for me,

    but I do not stray from your precepts.

Your testimonies are my heritage forever,

    for they are the joy of my heart.

I incline my heart to perform your statutes

    forever, to the end.”

If the Word of God is truly a lamp to our feet and a light to our path, then we are walking in the ways of the Lord, and we are no longer walking in the ways of the flesh. Sin is no longer our practice. Righteousness, holiness and obedience to our Lord and to his commands under the New Covenant are what we now practice in conduct, in thought, in word, and in attitude. It doesn’t mean we are perfect people or that we get everything right all the time (1 John 2:1-2), but it means our Lord is the one directing our path.

[Matt 7:21-23; Matt 24:9-14; Lu 9:23-26; Rom 1:18-32; Rom 2:6-8; Rom 6:1-23; Rom 8:1-14,24; Rom 12:1-2; Rom 13:11; 1 Co 6:9-10,19-20; 2 Co 5:10,15,21; 1 Co 1:18; 1 Co 15:1-2; 2 Tim 1:8-9; Heb 9:28; 1 Pet 1:5; Gal 5:16-21; Gal 6:7-8; Eph 2:8-10; Eph 4:17-32; Eph 5:3-6; Col 1:21-23; Col 3:5-17; 1 Pet 2:24; Tit 2:11-14; 1 Jn 1:5-9; 1 Jn 2:3-6,24-25; 1 Jn 3:4-10; Heb 3:6,14-15; Heb 10:23-31; Heb 12:1-2; Rev 21:8,27; Rev 22:14-15] 

But when this represents our lives, and when we are following the example of Jesus, and we are emulating him and his walk of faith in how we conduct our lives, Satan is going to be against us, and those who are listening to him and not to God are going to be our enemies. Now they won’t all come against us. Many will just ignore us and have nothing to do with us. But others will find it their purpose in life to try to take us down and to try to prove that what we are sharing as the truth is not the truth.

But when this happens to us, and it will soon be much worse according to the predictions of the prophets of old and of the NT apostles, we are not to be afraid. We are not to lose faith as though something strange were happening to us, for Jesus foretold us that these things will take place. He told us we would be hated and persecuted for the sake of his name, and that we would be falsely arrested, and falsely charged of wrongdoing, and that we would be brought before the courts, but that we are not to worry what we should say, for the Holy Spirit will give us the words to say.

So, when you come up against persecution, trust the Lord with your life. Believe in his sovereignty. Believe he is still in control over all things and that nothing can touch us unless God allows it, and he will bring good out of it. And keep holding on to the truth of God’s Holy Word, and keep preaching it, and keep living it, even if many or all people turn against you and do evil against you because of your walks of faith in Jesus Christ.

[Matt 5:10-12; Matt 10:16-25; Matt 24:9-14; Lu 6:22-23; Lu 21:12-19; Jn 15:1-21; Jn 16:33; Jn 17:14; Ac 14:22; Rom 5:3-5; Phil 3:7-11; 1 Pet 1:6-7; 1 Pet 4:12-17; 2 Tim 3:12; 1 Thess 3:1-5; Jas 1:2-4; 2 Co 1:3-11; Heb 12:3-12; 1 Jn 3:13; Rev 6:9-11; Rev 7:9-17; Rev 11:1-3; Rev 12:17; Rev 13:1-18; Rev 14:1-13]

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Songs in the Night  

An Original Work / December 18, 2013

“About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.” Acts 16:25 NIV ‘84

Lord, I praise You forevermore.

You, my Savior, I now adore.

Hope in heaven awaiting me,

Because You died at Calvary.

I have been forgiven,

And I’m bound for heaven.

Jesus set me free from

All my sin, I say.

I will praise Him always!

Lord, I love You for all You’ve done:

Overcame death, my vict’ry won!

Jesus saved me, and now I’m free!

I rejoice in His love for me.

I will walk in vict’ry!

My sin is but hist’ry!

I am free to please Him

With my life today.

I will love Him always!

Lord, I thank You for giving me

A new life bought at Calvary.

Loving Jesus, I meet with Him.

Tender mercies now flow within.

Lord, I am so thankful;

Through my Lord, I’m able

To sit at His table;

Fellowship with Him.

I will thank Him always!

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