Psalm 119:105-112 NKJV נ NUN
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet
And a light to my path.
106 I have sworn and confirmed
That I will keep Your righteous judgments.
107 I am afflicted very much;
Revive me, O Lord, according to Your word.
108 Accept, I pray, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord,
And teach me Your judgments.
109 My life is continually in my hand,
Yet I do not forget Your law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me,
Yet I have not strayed from Your precepts.
111 Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever,
For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes
Forever, to the very end.
“Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.”
Verse 5 (above) describes the Word’s work of faith! A fervent exhortation to the source of keeping a right focus — to be steadfast in the one true faith! God’s Word must guide, or we become vulnerable to being led astray very easily by the devil, the world, or our sinful flesh.
Who is the light that shines on us? Ans: Jesus Christ alone, God’s only Son, who says, “I am the light of the world; whoever follows Me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12); and “I came into the world as a Light, that whoever believes in Me should not remain in darkness” (John 12:46). For this David writes, “The Lord is my light and my salvation: of whom shall I be afraid?” (Ps. 27:1).
Do we have any promise that God will enlighten us? Absolutely! For Simeon says through the Spirit of God that God the Father prepared His Son, the Savior of the world, as a light to lighten the Gentiles (Luke 2:31-32). And John says that Christ Jesus, the eternal light, came into the world for the very purpose of enlightening all men, if they only will receive and acknowledge Him (John 1:9). So, too, the prophet Isaiah exhorts, “Awake, you who are fast asleep, and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you” (Ephesians 5:14).
The beloved benefits of God’s Word guiding His own are how they bring spiritual understanding — seeing the gracious will of God and keeping believers from going off into the dark world. As St. Pater proclaims that God’s Word is a light in a dark place (2 peter 1:19). God’s Words strengthen our hearts and put our consciences at ease, so that we are willing and ready to suffer and endure whatever God sends, and gladly trade temporal and earthly things for the heavenly, eternal goods, as did Zaccheus (Luke 19:8), and the widow (Luke 21:2), and the thief on the cross (Luke 23:40-42).
Let us pray: O Lord, keep us steadfast in Your Word. Amen.