Got a Light

Its been 12 years since the dreaded Y2K bug epically failed. (side note, I told my teenagers that and only two of them had a clue about what I ment.... Wow! I thought it was kind of a big deal back then...anyway) Its been 10 years after the greatest tragedy struck American soil when the Twin Towers fell. Then there was Katrina and constant Hurricanes that hit the south. We've seen earthquakes and tsunamis demolish countries, cities, homes and lives. And after every event, after every tragedy people are left wonder where they go from there.  Its 2012, and I don't know if you've heard, but the world is supposed to end this year. And after it doesn't, if it does I dint think anyone will care about who was wrong or right, I'm sure there are gonna be some people wonder where to go from there. But what about now? What about today? What about the feeling I have know? Where do I go from here, what do I do NOW?! I mean for those of you that believe the world will end, what do you do with that fear, what do you do with that uncertainty? For those of us that don't believe it and we are thinking about our future lives. Where do we go from here and now! Have any of you ever wondered that? Have you ever been sitting there thinking about your future and wonder, Where do go after I graduate? What do I do for a liveing? Do I go to college or straight to the work force? If you have ever thought of your future and it seems like a black whole of nothingness. If you have ever questioned what to do our how to get where you know you want to go. I have a secret to tell......you ready for this.......99.99% of mankind has felt that way at one point or another in there lives! In Psalms 13 King David is talking to God and asking Him how long God would keep turning his face and not listening to him (my words not the exact word of the Bible). He wonders how long he must live on darkness and alone with no direction (again my words not His). Now this is a man that is given the title "A MAN AFTER GOD's OWN HEART" and even he felt lost at times.
You see we all get those doubts, those feelings that we are lost and will never find our way. Its part of human life. But the beauty of this is that God knows this. God knew we are gonna be lost and confused at some point. GOD knows that there are gonna be times when we are stuck in a black whole of nothingness not being able to find our way out. And the beautiful part of it is that God gives us an answer! And its the good kind if answer.......a simple one!


Psalm 119:105 NIV84

105 Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light for my path.

Check it out....the Word is like our own personal, spiritual, moral.....flashlight. When we use a flashlight we usually shine it on our feet to see where we are at and what we are dealing with. Is the ground rocks, grass, bumpy, am I standing on a pillar out in the water like Daniel-son while trying to dodge a rusty crane swing at me. We shine on our feet so we can see whats up NOW. But we also shine it ahead of where we are going to see what's coming up and what we are going to have to deal with so we can make plans for what's ahead of us.

The WORD does exactly that! It shines on our present situation so we can see what exactly it is that we are dealing with and helps us better dodge those rusty cranes that are currently swing our way trying to knock us off coarse. It also guides us and shows us what our futures will and can hold. And teaches us how to prepare for what's ahead.

Like I said, its 2012 and for some of us this year is full of uncertainty. We don't know where to go from where we are at. We don't know what to do with what we have, or what to do because we don't have. For some of us right now right here we feel like we are in a black hole of nothingness with no clear way out. Meanwhile for other that's not the case. But as I said before, we all go through periods in our lives when we lose track of where we are going. We lose our bearings and end up lost not knowing where to go or what to do. And it in those moments, whether your in them today or you face them 20 years from now, its in those moment we need to remember that HIS WORD is OUR LIGHT!

Now thats not it! God's not done! You don't just get one thing today, if you read on there is a free bonus item just for todays readers. Thats right, two for the price of none!

The book of John say this:

John 1

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

In the old testament the Psalmists and Prophets and Believers looked to the scriptures because that's all they had. The scriptures were their source of life and encouragement!  They did nothing if not by what was written. But in the New Testament that Word became flesh and that flesh is the man Jesus of Nazareth!! Now not only do we have the scriptures to lead us and guide us but WE HAVE JESUS!!!!

"I'm Forever alone" .....is a lie! The Word became flesh and that flesh is Jesus and he is with you!

"I don't know what to do about this problem and I don't understand the Bible completely."....that's fine cuz the word that lights our path became flesh and that flesh is Jesus

The same Jesus that was born of a virgin birth. The same Jesus that lived a perfect life here on earth. The same Jesus that was betrayed by one of his own street team members and lead to be tortured, ridiculed, beaten beyond recognition then crucified. The same Jesus that died and three days later rose, giving us power over sin and death! Yes that Jesus is with us and that Jesus will guide us!


We need to remember that even though we may be in or will be in a place where we don't see a way out, or we just don't know which way to go or what to do, we can always lean on Jesus and trust that he will guide us through.

So in those times when you are lost and feel like your in a dark place not able to find your way. In those times when you are praying for and asking "Is there anyone there and DO YOU HAVE A LIGHT?" Remember Jesus is there with you, if you will stop and listen you will her him say "I AM"!