Psalms 119:105 (KJV)
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
The Word of God informs us of His will, and serves for us as a light on a path in darkness. God's word shows us how to follow the right way; and how to avoid the wrong way.
The lamp of the Word is not the sun, for seeing God would blind our eyes in our present fallen state.
However, we may bless God for the light shining as in a dark place, to guide us until the Sun of Righteousness shall come, and we shall be made capable of seeing Him.
The lamp is fed with the oil of the Spirit. The allusion is to the lamps and torches carried at night before an Eastern caravan.
Reference: Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary on the Whole Bible
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
The Word of God informs us of His will, and serves for us as a light on a path in darkness. God's word shows us how to follow the right way; and how to avoid the wrong way.
The lamp of the Word is not the sun, for seeing God would blind our eyes in our present fallen state.
However, we may bless God for the light shining as in a dark place, to guide us until the Sun of Righteousness shall come, and we shall be made capable of seeing Him.
2 Peter 1:19 (KJV)
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Revelation 22:4 (KJV)
And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
Revelation 22:4 (KJV)
And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
The lamp is fed with the oil of the Spirit. The allusion is to the lamps and torches carried at night before an Eastern caravan.
Reference: Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary on the Whole Bible
