Let Them Lead Me

This morning I read and was arrested by Psalm 43. Verse 3 says, "O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your dwelling places." Is that not beautiful? Let us ponder this verse. If you're in a very dark cave with no flashlight, but you see light, do you walk away from the light? NO. You walk toward the light, letting it lead you to the opening or exit of the cave so you can walk out of the darkness. Darkness can be pretty scary, yet we tend to walk in it quite frequently, don't we? So, the light leads us...out of the darkness.

And truth has become such a 'relative' thing, hasn't it? But, no, not really. We only want to make it relative to justify going our own way, don't we? And then we wonder why the world is in such a mess! If 'your truth' and 'my truth' are not the same, this could be like two trains traveling at high rates of speed on the the same track...but heading straight toward each other! NOT GOOD! Yet, if we embrace the Truth as it is in Christ Jesus, we'll all be traveling in the same direction even if we are going at different rates of speed. After all, Truth is one of His names. In John 14:6 Jesus said, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life;" so, He is the Way to the Truth which leads to (His) Life. Now we see truth leading...to the Life, as He went on to say that "no one comes to the Father but through Me." May we arrive there safely, having been led by His light and His truth.


Psalm 136:7 says, "To Him who made the great lights, For His lovingkindness is everlasting." In our day and age, we have GPS's. Before those came out, we had compasses and maps. But prior to that, travelers looked to the stars to guide them, as the three wise men did. These are only part of 'the great lights' made by Him, but part of the reason He made them was to direct, or, lead us. And, where was that 'star in the east' (Mat 2:2) leading the three wise men? to the new little Life, who, even as a babe, was worthy of worship and would grant them eternal Life. That great light led them to His dwelling place. Oh, let's read the verse again! "O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your dwelling places."