Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to
my
path.
The word of God directs us in our
works and ways, and a dark place indeed the
world
would be without it. The commandment is a
lamp kept burning with the oil of the Spirit, as a
light to direct us in the choice of our way, and
the steps we take in that way. The keeping of
God's commands here meant, was that of a
sinner under a dispensation of mercy, of a
believer having part in the covenant of grace.
The psalmist is often afflicted; but with longing
desires to become more holy, offers up daily
prayers for quickening grace. We cannot offer
any thing to God, that he will accept but what
he
is pleased to teach us to do. To have our soul
or life continually in our hands, implies constant
danger of life; yet he did not forget God's
promises nor his precepts. Numberless are the
snares laid by the wicked; and happy is that
servant of God, whom they have not caused to
err from his Master's precepts. Heavenly
treasures are a heritage for ever; all the saints
accept them as such, therefore they can be
content with little of this world. We must look
for
comfort only in the way of duty, and that duty
must be done. A good man, by the grace of
God,
brings his heart to his work, then it is done
well..Father give me the grace to run this race
to the very end..Amen..