I wish I could say that as I have walked with God for the past forty-seven years, I have had a detailed blueprint of everything. Why can’t God be like the old Mission Impossible program, where a recording is played, saying, “Here is what your assignment is today!” Actually, even better, I want the cruise itinerary that is left on your bed each night. The brochure tells you where you will be each hour, and what you can do in that hour. “C’mon, God! That would be quite helpful.”
Psalm 119 contains a very famous verse, which you may have heard before. Psalm 119:105: “Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path”. That verse gives us a lot more knowledge than we might think.
Today we have powerful lights that shine for a great distance. My neighborhood has many street lights, and I can stand in my front yard and see a long way down the street. In Biblical days, lanterns, candles and torches were used; therefore, only a short distance at a time had light. But, with each step taken, there was light for more steps. There was no seeing the entire path, just the step needed at the moment.
Joseph, our precious grandson who is on the autism spectrum, is a great example of this. Joseph just stayed with us for a couple of days. There were several times, that Joseph caught my eye, and my mind would go back to life two years ago. The progress we have seen in this little boy is wonderful, but the progress came through small steps. At times very small, time-consuming, laborious steps. All these small steps have changed Joseph so much – one victory at a time! And believe me, we celebrate EVERY little victory, and those little victories are now adding up to big victories – one step at a time.
Like most of you, I want God to reveal His whole, “big” plan to me TODAY! How will I get there? Where will I be in six months? What is my five-year plan? The truth is, my walk with God has been steps at a time, often small steps. I look back on the forty-seven years of steps, and I realize that I am miles down the road with God!
In a time when we want instant miracles (which He certainly does at times), everything done after one minute of praying and no waiting, we have to stand on the Bible, “Your word is a lamp for my feet, and a light on my path.”
Just take a step.
“The Lord went ahead of them. He guided them during the day with a pillar of cloud, and he provided light at night with a pillar of fire. This allowed them to travel by day or by night.” (Exodus 13:21).