“You, Lord, keep my lamp burning;
my God turns my darkness into light.” (Psalms 18:28, NIV)
When Adam and Eve disobeyed God they lost their knowledge of God and thus their knowledge of truth and meaning and the road of wisdom. They were enveloped in a cloud of darkness that all the poets and philosophers and religious leaders could never break through. No one could find the light of life.
Yet for those who humble themselves and turn to God he gives them a spiritual lamp that burns forever. We break through the darkness of the world and begin to live in the light of the knowledge of God. Jesus is the lamp and light of God who reveals true life to us. “In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” (John 1:4-5, NIV).
God encourages us that we now have light in Christ. We know what true life is and we should never hesitate to embrace this light. Even in suffering and rejection – especially in suffering and rejection – we have the light that guides our feet. We have the light the lost need to find their way to God and blessedness. It is the way of divine light and leads us to the final community of love with God and his followers.
