The Light That Guides to Safety

Colorado Springs, Colorado

It's no wonder that people lose their way in snow and fog. Everything turns white. The sky is white. The ground is white. The world is white. You cannot tell which way is north, south, east or west. There must be familiar marks to help guide a person in these kinds of conditions.

The trees are a guide in this picture. These trees lead the eye from left to right, into the distant whiteness. I know these trees. I know where they lead. I will not lose my way if I follow their guidance.

"Send out your light and your truth; let them guide me. Let them lead me to your holy mountain, to the place where you live." Psalm 43:3 New Living Translation

Life can appear much like the white out conditions of the fog and snow in this picture. We cannot distinguish the way we ought to walk. It's hard to know what or whom to follow. Voices tell us to to turn to the left and then to the right, and all the time we're guessing where we're going.

The psalmist who wrote these words is attacked by his enemies, by a "deceitful and unjust man." He cries out for God to vindicate him, then finds himself asking the Lord why he has rejected him instead. He begs for the light to lead him to God's haven of safety.

And such is our prayer. We pray for God's light to lead us among all the voices penetrating our ears. What we need are not the thoughts of others ringing in our ears, but the light of God guiding our eyes. His light can be trusted because that light is Jesus, the light that enlightens our world.

Jesus, the light of the world, leads us to God's haven of safety. And so we hope in God; in his character, in his word, in his truth.

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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012-2015 Douglas P. Brauner.  ARR.