How
many of you have ever tried to walk through your own house in the
dark. It seems like it would be ok doesn’t it…after all you KNOW
where things are, you know whether or not you cleaned up or not…
you just know the lay of the land!
But what happens when we try to walk in the dark? Inevitably you stub your toe or bump your knee or step on something with your bare feet that you did not know was there…
I know I have hurt myself on SO many occasions walking by something that may have been just a bit out of place… thinking I had all the room in the world to make it and WHAM… it happened! I would bash my knee or stub my little toe or step on something that either hurt the bottom of my feet or worse, twisted my ankle!
We put ourselves through all this when all we had to do was turn on a light… because what happens when we turn on a light? I know this is going to sound overly simple, but when we turn on a light… WE CAN SEE. And when we can see… then our pathway is evident to us, we can know our direction and we can see any obstacles… but in the dark, it is all a guessing game!
But what happens when we try to walk in the dark? Inevitably you stub your toe or bump your knee or step on something with your bare feet that you did not know was there…
I know I have hurt myself on SO many occasions walking by something that may have been just a bit out of place… thinking I had all the room in the world to make it and WHAM… it happened! I would bash my knee or stub my little toe or step on something that either hurt the bottom of my feet or worse, twisted my ankle!
We put ourselves through all this when all we had to do was turn on a light… because what happens when we turn on a light? I know this is going to sound overly simple, but when we turn on a light… WE CAN SEE. And when we can see… then our pathway is evident to us, we can know our direction and we can see any obstacles… but in the dark, it is all a guessing game!
Now
put yourself in the spiritual realm with the same scenario… You
know you need to move, you know something needs to be done, but you
can’t see your way clear. You don’t know what direction to take
and you don’t really know the lay of the land. You can begin to try
on your own to ‘feel’ your way through with tentative and groping
actions… but just what do you think is inevitable for those who
take this route?
Do you think it is too harsh if I say that you will be stubbing your ‘spiritual’ toe? Or banging your ‘spiritual’ knee? Or twisting your ‘spiritual’ ankle? Or worse yet… falling into a spiritual pit where your vision is totally blocked and your spiritual direction comes to a halt and your walk in Christ is hurt!
Well this is the EXACT situation that the psalmist is addressing in this verse … Paul wrote in Romans 13:12; “The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.”
Do you think it is too harsh if I say that you will be stubbing your ‘spiritual’ toe? Or banging your ‘spiritual’ knee? Or twisting your ‘spiritual’ ankle? Or worse yet… falling into a spiritual pit where your vision is totally blocked and your spiritual direction comes to a halt and your walk in Christ is hurt!
Well this is the EXACT situation that the psalmist is addressing in this verse … Paul wrote in Romans 13:12; “The night is nearly over; the day is almost here. So let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.”
You
and I get so bogged down in our desires, our wants, our way of
accomplishing things that we forget to turn on the light. We have the
Word of God in written form, in the revealed form of Jesus and in the
Holy Spirit working with in our hearts, minds and souls. What is
holding your beliefs back? YOU ARE...you are in the way.
I need to get out of the way....you know I love ya, Don
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