But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day (Prov. 4:18).
The path of the just may be rough, steep, and hard to follow, but there is light there, and the light keeps growing. Notice, it is the path of the just. The righteous do not stand still; they do not wait for something to happen; they do not stay in the same position. They keep moving onward, ever onward. There is progress in the spiritual life, and that progress is always toward more light, more truth, more spiritual satisfaction.
It is the path of obedience--yes, of willing obedience. Jesus said, "If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself" (John 7:17). When we desire, when we will in our inmost hearts, to do the will of God as it is revealed to us, then whatever truth we need will be ours. We shall know. That is why the path of the just gets brighter all the time. The obedient child of God is moving toward the light, and the light grows. "I do not know how the loving Father will bring out light at last," affirmed David Livingstone, "but He knows, and He will do it."
God's children are light bearers. Wherever they go, the light shines forth. Under the picture of Peter Milne in the little church that he founded on the island of Nguna, in the New Hebrides, are these words: "When he came there was no light; when he died there was no darkness."
How about the path we are traveling? Is it like "the dawning light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day" (ARV)? Is our path of life like that? It may be, and it will be if on us "the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings ["beams," margin, ARV]" (Mal. 4:2).
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path" (Ps. 119:105).
The path of the just may be rough, steep, and hard to follow, but there is light there, and the light keeps growing. Notice, it is the path of the just. The righteous do not stand still; they do not wait for something to happen; they do not stay in the same position. They keep moving onward, ever onward. There is progress in the spiritual life, and that progress is always toward more light, more truth, more spiritual satisfaction.
It is the path of obedience--yes, of willing obedience. Jesus said, "If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself" (John 7:17). When we desire, when we will in our inmost hearts, to do the will of God as it is revealed to us, then whatever truth we need will be ours. We shall know. That is why the path of the just gets brighter all the time. The obedient child of God is moving toward the light, and the light grows. "I do not know how the loving Father will bring out light at last," affirmed David Livingstone, "but He knows, and He will do it."
God's children are light bearers. Wherever they go, the light shines forth. Under the picture of Peter Milne in the little church that he founded on the island of Nguna, in the New Hebrides, are these words: "When he came there was no light; when he died there was no darkness."
How about the path we are traveling? Is it like "the dawning light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day" (ARV)? Is our path of life like that? It may be, and it will be if on us "the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings ["beams," margin, ARV]" (Mal. 4:2).
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path" (Ps. 119:105).
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