I Hate Being In The Dark
May 1, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

   

     You are sitting at home, minding your own business on a Tuesday evening. Nothing special is happening so you decide to catch up on some reading. The wind begins to blow a little outside, and so you cuddle up with a good book and some hot cocoa. After just a little while of reading, you are so into the book that you do not even realize the storm raging outside around you. That is until suddenly, everything goes dark in the house. All the lights go off and it is pitch black. Two minutes ago, the light bulb in the lamp was the last thing on your mind. Now, you just wish that somehow the light would come back on. Then when they do, you look at the light as if almost to say, thank you. I just feel better when the lights are on.

     Often people do not realize the soothing Light of God’s Word all around them daily. The comfort He gives us day after day. Then suddenly the storm of the moment makes life seem dark and lonely. It is in those trying times that people will cry out for God, wanting some reassurance from the Light of His Word. To receive the light and the wisdom of God’s Word we must realize where it comes from. It is not just words on a page… these are GOD’S WORDS WHICH BRING LIGHT.      

 

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

     God’s Words are special. The words are not special because of the words, but because of who said them. The fear or reverence of the Lord and His wisdom and instruction are only the beginning of knowledge. Nevertheless, it all starts there. A wise man once told me, “If you grab hold of God’s hand in the Light, you will never have to search for His hand in the dark.” Grab hold of God’s hand through His Word while the Light is shining today.

Have you taken hold of the mighty loving hand of God today?

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage and today’s Devotion?

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

  

GOD TALKING TO ME:  May 1, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1, NT & PS-2, Prov-Monthly)}
Judges 18, 19 – Psalm 103
Proverbs 1 – 2 Corinthians 10, 11

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
1 Samuel 18-20 / Luke 20:1-26