Who is the light of your life? Is it your spouse? Is it your parents? Is it you children? Who do you lean on when you need strength. Is it any of those some people? Or is it someone else? Or do you think you can handle it all on your own? Will you turn to the One who can truly help?
We hear people say a specific person is the light of their life. We may say it ourselves. Or, if we don’t say it, we think it or know in our hearts it is true. There are people in our lives we know we can count on, whether in good times or bad times. We know they will never desert us.
Having people in our lives we can count on is important. Yet there are many people who will desert us. They will support us as long as it doesn’t cost them anything more than encouraging words. When it requires them to invest their time, effort, and money, they abandon us. We have someone who will never abandon us and offers us more than anyone can—Jesus Christ.
The Psalmist points to God as his savior. He states that God is his light and salvation. The imagery is of someone wandering in the darkness and God is the light that dispels the darkness so we can see. Imagine being in a pitch-black cave with no light. When a light is turned on, we can then see the pathway. The one who brings the light is our savior. Our fear of being left in the darkness is relieved and replaced with hope.
The Psalmist continues by stating God is his stronghold, meaning a fortress, shield, protector. He is not afraid because he trusts that God will protect him from evil forces. We, too, can be unafraid. We, too, can trust God as our protector. When we trust Jesus to guide us through the darkness and to protect us from evil, our fears disappear. The more we trust Jesus and see the results of doing so, the more we will trust Jesus. Trust builds upon trust, increasing our faith.
I pray we all look to Jesus as our light who guides us each day. I pray we trust Jesus to protect us from evil. I pray each one of us increases our faith as we experience the trustworthiness of Jesus. Jesus is our Light. Jesus is our Savior. Jesus is our Protector. Trust in Jesus. Increase your faith.
Psalm 27:1
The Lord is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life;
of whom shall I be afraid?
Marty Pressey 