Day 28

Proverbs 4

I read verses 18-19 recently while preparing a sermon and I'm coming to realize that the thought behind it is so true. When you're in constant disobedience to God, it's like you're walking in the dark without knowing it. It doesn't matter how hard things get. You think this is as good as it can get because you can't see the alternative. In fact, most of the time we think that obedience would make life worse and more complicated (and sometimes that's true). But when we take the first step of obedience, as irrational and uncomfortable and odd as it may feel, it's like turning on the first gleam of light. It doesn't seem like it makes a big difference at first, but as you continue to walk in obedience, the light shines brighter and brighter. Pretty soon, you see things clearly and you wonder why you were ever so stupid as to reject God's commands. I sense that dynamic going on in the room almost every time I speak. I want so badly for people far from God to see what I see and know what I know. If they could just take one step of obedience and allow God to turn the light on and then watch as it gets brighter and brighter.