The same is true in the spiritual realm. As I journey toward my final destination, there is an objective standard by which to determine whether I am headed in the right direction. I don’t have to guess at where I am going. I have a standard that will lead me home. Years ago, I visited a church member whose house was located in a remote, rural area. There were numerous twists and turns on the road to her house. Although I was new to the area, I successfully located her house, arriving about twilight. By the time I left it was completely dark. As I started toward home, I made a wrong turn at some point. As I tried to feel my way back to the right road, one wrong turn led to another. Soon, I was so lost that I couldn’t even find my way back to her house to start all over. I did not own a cell phone in those days and there were no public phones available. I did not have a local map with me. There were very few streetlights on the road I was traveling and I began to feel very uneasy in the darkness of the night. I had lost my way and had no idea how to get home.
Fortunately, as we journey toward our final and eternal destination, we do not have to grope in the darkness and follow the uncertainty of our feelings (Prov. 14:12; 16:25; Jer. 10:23). We have sources of light to guide us home. The Psalmist said unto God, “O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles” (Psa. 43:3). The Word of God is a source of light and truth for our journey. “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path…The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple” (Psa. 119:105, 130).
