Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. (Psalm 119:105, NIV)
This verse was written from the perspective of a shepherd. There were no street lights in the hills at night so when shepherds needed to move, they held their lamps nearer to the ground (feet/path) to be able to see where to go. The small amount of light compared to the vast darkness in this situation must have caused them to concentrate more on the path and their steps than they would have had it been in broad daylight.
When David wrote this passage he was referring to the scripture he had been taught by his father and teachers. He knew knowing God's written word would guide his decisions and behaviors. He knew his decisions and behaviors needed focus—even those that might have been second nature.
John 1:1 says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God."
John 1:14 says, “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
John, like us, knew both. He knew God's written word and he knew Jesus. In his writing he kind of equates them. In these passages He is telling us Jesus has always existed, Jesus is God in human form, Jesus is God's word and, Jesus his God's word come to life.
This Christmas season, thank God for his provision of Jesus – the lamp for our feet and light on our path.
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