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God’s Word Our Guide and Counselor, May 5
For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my
darkness.
Psalm 18:28
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God’s Word is our light. It is Christ’s message to His heritage, who
have been bought with the price of His blood. It was written for our
guidance, and if we make this Word our counselor, we shall never walk
in strange paths. Our words, whether we are in the home or associating
with those outside the home, will be kind, affectionate, and pure. If we
study the Word and make it a part of our lives, we shall have a wholesome
experience, which will always speak forth the truth. We shall search our
hearts diligently, comparing our daily speech and tenor of life with the
Word, that we may make no mistake.
There are many in this age of the world who act as if they were at
liberty to question the words of the Infinite, to review His decisions and
statutes, endorsing, revising, reshaping, and annulling at their pleasure.
We are never safe while we are guided by human opinions, but we are
safe when we are guided by a “Thus saith the Lord.” We cannot trust
the salvation of our souls to any lower standard than the decisions of an
infallible Judge.
Those who make God their guide and His Word their counselor, behold
the lamp of life. God’s living oracles guide their feet in straight paths.
Those who are thus led do not dare to judge the Word of God, but ever
hold that His Word judges them. They get their faith and religion from
the Word of the living God. It is the guide and counselor that directs their
path. The Word is indeed a light to their feet and a lamp to their path.
They walk under the direction of the Father of light, with whom is no
variableness, neither shadow of turning. He whose tender mercies are
over all His works makes the path of the just as a shining light, which
shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
The Bible is the voice of God to His people. As we study the living
oracles, we are to remember that God is speaking to His people out of His
Word.... If we realized the importance of searching the Scriptures, how
much more diligently we would study them!
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