October 8, 2025 – Living In The Dark

Living In The Dark
October 8, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Proverbs 8:5-6
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things.

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

 

   Ok, let’s try something together. Get a good book. Pull the shades in the room you are in to block out any outside distractions. Get a warm cup of coffee, tea, or something to drink. Grab a blanket. Do whatever it takes to help you get comfortable. Turn off the phone, TV, or anything that may cause an interruption. Find a nice, comfortable chair to sit in. Open your book to where you are reading, or any page will do for this experiment. Ok, now the shades are drawn, you are comfortable, it is quiet, now turn off the lights, and read.

 

     You are probably thinking, Why turn off the lights? It is to illustrate how many saved and unsaved people try to live life. We do everything we can to make our lives comfortable. We work to get the right job, buy the right house, save money, and so on. All the things we can do to make us comfortable, yet we live in the dark, almost blindfolded. To gain wisdom from a book, we need light. To gain wisdom for our lives, we need Jesus, the light of the world. Real wisdom comes from someone who can see beyond where we are and who knows us inside and out. Better than we know ourselves. It takes someone who truly has our best interests at heart. It takes God.

 

     Sadly, instead of seeking God, who can see the beginning and the end of life, we trust in the wisdom of a man who can only see yesterday and today and then wonder why life turns out as it does. It is like trying to read a book in the dark. You are there, the book is also there, and everything is all right. Still, you have no light.

 

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

   

     In John 8:12, Jesus said, “I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” Seek Light.

 

Where do you find wisdom for your life?

 

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: October  8, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(O.T.-1,   N.T. & PS.-2,   Prov. – Monthly)}
Jeremiah 43, 44 / Psalm 86
Proverbs 8 / Galatians 5, 6

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
Isa. 11-14  /  Eph. 5