Gold Nugget
Verse 18: “But the path of the just is like the shining sun, that shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.”
Commentary
I remember my mom giving the illustration years ago that walking
with the Lord is like being in a room with a dimmer switch. When the room is
dark you can ever so gently begin to turn the switch on until you
can barely make the images out around the room. With that, you can see where
things are. You can then navigate the room easier without stumbling. Just when
you think you know the room like the back of your hand, someone adjust the switch.
Allowing more light into the room, you then see stains in the carpet and rips
in the furniture. After a time, you clean the carpet and mend the furniture,
only to find the switch has been adjusted allowing more light into the room. It’s
then that you see the cracks in the walls and cobwebs in the corners. On and on
it goes. You think that everything that needs work is complete only to continue
finding more work to be done. You could be saddened and feel like you will
never accomplish your goal, but you remember where you started and where you
are now. You know that the work that has been done is not in vain.
We are much the same. When we come into a relationship with
Jesus, we are what the bible teaches, moving from walking in darkness to
walking in the light. Today’s “gold nugget” says, “But the path of the just is like the shining sun, that shines ever brighter unto the perfect
day.”
The Lord doesn’t reveal all of the areas that need attention at once. If we are
sensitive to Him, we will find that He reveals things to us in the order that
He considers priority based on His plan for our life. He will shine enough
light into our lives to see a need for growth, repentance and change. He then
expects us to react to what we see and seek Him for change. Just when we feel
like we are perfect, He will adjust the switch allowing more light to reveal the
stains in the carpet and rips in the furniture. We will with joy, rush to work
in those areas, seeking a clean and honorable temple for Him to dwell in. He
may reveal the cracks in the walls to me in my life, while revealing the stains
in the carpet in your life. I must be careful to allow God to set the priorities
for growth in your life even if they are different than mine. It doesn’t matter
so much the order as it matters the commitment to growth and purity.
Thanks, Mom...
Prayer
Lord, continue to adjust the switch in my life and allow your
revealing truth about me to shine in. I pray for humility in receiving the
truth and desire for change and growth to honor you with how I react. Amen
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