March 12, 2024 – This Little Light Of Mine

This Little Light Of Mine
March 12, 2024

DAILY PROVERB:

Proverbs 6:23-24
For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.

OUTLOOK ON THE IN BOOK:

    When I was younger, it was cool for people to have oil lamps in their house just for decoration. They didn’t cost much, and they looked somewhat neat sitting on the shelf. So, I bought one, filled it with that red-colored oil, and set it aside.

    One day, I got the bright idea to light it and watch TV by lamplight. I knew nothing about oil lamps, as you will be able to tell. I thought if you wanted a little light, you have a little wick showing. If you want a lot of light, you just turn up the wick. This seemed to make sense to me. My theory even seemed to work when I first set fire to the wick. I turned the wick up, placed the glass globe over it, put it back on the shelf, and away she burned. I sat down to watch TV and didn’t notice that this burning wick began to turn the glass globe black, along with the ceiling above it.

    When I turned off the TV, the room was dark. The only light coming from the lamp was a faint glow from the opening in the top of the lamp pointing toward the ceiling. The ceiling by now was black, reflecting very little light. I couldn’t see anything from the sides through the glass globe. There was still a flame in there, but no light was getting out. I had not used it correctly.

    So it is with many people today. They have the Word of God in their house, but it sheds no light. The light comes when you apply the Word of God from your heart. Knowing in your head what God’s Word says but not following its guidance is like the flame in my old oil lamp. The flame and light are in the lamp, but it can’t benefit anyone. The only way for God’s Word to truly benefit you is to read it, believe it, understand it, and then live by it. That’s when it will guide your paths.

      

THE WORD WALKING IN ME:

    Do you remember that little Sunday School song? “This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine.” For God’s Word to shine out, it must get in first. Let’s hide God’s Word in our hearts so we can shine for Him.

 

Are you still singing that song in your head?
GOOD!

 

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage, and todays 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: MARCH 12, 2024

THROUGH THE BIBLE WITH A DAILY PROVERBS
    Deuteronomy 20 – 24
   Proverbs 6:23 – 24

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
   Numbers 28-29
   Mark 13