When you woke up this morning, you  probably didn't know every little thing that would transpire as you progressed through your day.   Day by day, we each encounter some degree of uncertainty as to exactly what awaits us in the future.  As believers, we do know that the steps of the godly are directed of the Lord and that He delights in every detail of our lives.  (Ps. 37.23 NLT)

There are times we are faced with making decisions for which we have no immediate direction.  So what do you do during those crucial times?   When your knowledge is dim, and the path of your life seems uncertain - God's Word is the Lamp to your feet and the Light to your path.   It is His Word that will navigate you through every element every dimension of your course in life.  "He leads me in right paths for His name sake."    Ps. 23..3

Without His Word, the path of your life will be obscured and remain a mystery to you.  But if you will depend on the Word to be the Light to your path - you will not fail to reach the full destiny God has for you life.   In God, there is only Light - in Him there is no darkness at all.  We must  "walk in the light just as He is in the light..."   [I John 1.5,7]  It is His Word that illuminates our minds to His direction  for every course of action.
I want to draw your attention to the phrase "Your Word" in Psalm 119.105   Generally, we often refer to the Bible as "God's Word" -  however, we must remember that before God's Word was written, it was first spoken .  His written Word is still the primary way that He speaks to us. Yet, it is not the only way.  He speaks specific direction to each one of us for our individual callings and destiny through the Holy Spirit  to our spirit.   And what the Holy Spirit speaks to you specifically for your life is just as much God's Word as His written Word is.

What the Holy Spirit speaks will never, in any way, contradict what the written Word says - because He doesn't speak on His own authority.  He has been sent to you to lead and explain to you the truth that the Father has already spoken.  It is His job to make God's Word Rhema to you - both His written Word and spoken Word.

The  word "Word" in Psalm 119.105 is the Hebrew word "dabar".  Study of this word "dabar" shows that it is very rarely ever used in reference to a written word.  Primarily it refers to "something spoken".   It appears in the Old Testament numerous times in the phrase "the Word of the Lord" -   a reference to prophetic utterance,  or specific direction, to an individual or nation through appointed  men and women of God, by the Spirit of God.  The "Word" of God indicates God's thoughts and will.  

What I am desiring to emphasize is that what the Spirit of God has spoken to you about your individual destiny - about what He's called you to be and what He's called you to do - is as much a "Lamp to your feet and a Light to your path" as His written Word.

When mountains of impossibility and storms of confusion rise and try to blur your vision, hold fast to the Word God has spoken to you and let it be a Light to your path.  No matter how dark your surroundings may be -  they cannot quench the Light that is living in your heart, through God's Word.   Turn on your lamp and let it shine.  Allow God's Word to be the beacon to your divine destiny.  Let His Word to you  lead you. 

Follow that Light and do what ever it takes to keep it shining at it's brightest.  One of the best ways you can do that is to keep speaking what God has said.  Maybe you heard God speak that promise or give you that direction for your life only once.  But if you will take hold of His Words and put them in your mouth you will be able to hear those promises every day of your life.  And when you do, you will start seeing exactly what you need to do in every situation - because you know where you are headed. 

God's Word to you will have become the Light to your path - and your vision for the future will have become clear.  "those who are LED by the Spirit of God, these are the sons of God."  (Romans 8.14)
Ask the Holy Spirit to bring to your remembrance the "Words" He has spoken to you and let them be a Lamp to your feet today.   Fling wide the doors of your heart to the Spirit of God and let Him flood the deepest portals of your innermost being with Light. 

May you embrace His Word with a fresh excitement and experience (all over again), the joy of being Led by His Spirit.

"When He, the Spirit of Truth, has come, He will lead you into all truth...."    - John 16.13

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