“I am the light of the world. If you follow Me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.” John 8:12
As a child one of my favorite places to go with my parents was Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. There were several parts of the cave tour that I liked, such as “fat man’s misery” and “stalagmite alley“, but my favorite part of the tour was when the lights went out! I can remember when the tour guide would warn us to hold onto something or someone and get ready for complete darkness. Now I don’t know if you’ve ever been underground with no lights, but when the lights go out, it gets dark! After a few minutes in the dark the tour guide would light one little oil lamp he was carrying and he would use it to light the way for the next part of the tour. It was amazing to see just how much light one little oil lamp could make in lighting our path. As we walked by the light of the oil lamp, the guide would explain to us the cliffs and drop offs that were just feet away from where we were walking.
Have you ever been off the path? There have been times in my life when I decided not to follow Jesus and totally ignored the light. I stumbled, I fell and basically walked blindly through life. After continuously getting up bruised and banged up, I decided to follow the light. How is your path today? Is it well lit or are you still falling and stumbling through the darkness.
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