"I will make darkness light before them, and crooked
things straight." (Isaiah 42:16b KJV)
Some years ago, I checked in at a
high-rise hotel, and was instructed by the hotel clerk how to find my
room. I stepped into the elevator and pressed the button for the floor
to which I had been directed. When the door opened, I stepped out into
an inviting, brightly lit lobby. However, when I looked down the hallway
where the clerk said that I would find my room, I was surprised to see
that it was totally dark. Concluding that the hallway lights must be
burned out, I decided that my only recourse was to try to grope my way
down the hall in the darkness.
Before walking more than a couple of metres, however, a ceiling light
above me came on. Then, after walking a few more metres, a second
ceiling light farther along came on, and so on down the hallway. I
realized then that this was an energy-saving system: the lights came on
by motion detection. So, despite some initial uncertainty on my part,
the light was there for me when I needed it. Probably other hotels have
this same system, but this was the first one that I had ever seen, or
have seen since.
The thought came to me how much this is like our
Christian journey, where we can now only "see through a glass, darkly"
(See
1 Cor. 13:12).
God doesn't expect us to find our own way, so He lights our path by His
Word. We don't need to grope in the dark. Let us walk confidently with
the truth of God's Word to guide us, and as we walk confidently, the way
will open up before us.
"O house of Jacob, come ye,
and let us walk in the light of the Lord." (Isaiah 2:5 KJV)
Prayer: Thank
You, Father, for providing Your Word to show the way for us. Help us to
walk it day by day with confidence. Amen.
Walter
Haldorson, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
