A Lighted Pathway

Reading:  Isaiah 9, 10, 11
My verse:  9:1, 2  "But, [in the midst of judgement there is the promise and the certainty of the Lord's deliverance] . . . The people who walked in darkness have seen a great Light; those who dwelt in the land of intense darkness and the shadow of death, upon them has the Light shined."

Amidst all this incredible sadness and wretchedness of man - Isaiah inserts these bright lights of hope.  He brings to focus the fact that God is a righteous God.  A righteous God Who cannot condone sin yet Who also wants so much for us to come to Him that He gives us a Light (Jesus).  A Light to show us a way out of our dark world.  We need to take that active step of looking to the Light of Jesus and then actually actively stepping onto the Lighted Path.  Once on that Lighted Path we so need to keep our eyes ever focused on Christ or we will stray off the Path.

Dear Lord, help me to keep my eyes focused on you. There are so many distractions, seemingly good things that draw me, draw me away from You.  Thank you for making known to me "the path of life" (Psalm 16:11).  Thank you for your word which is "a lamp to my feet and a light to my path." (Psalm 119:105)

Ditat Deus - God Enriches!