Guiding Light

During back-to-back summers many years ago, we visited several lighthouses in North Carolina’s Outer Banks.  I remember well one particular lighthouse, which could only be reached by ferry!  Each lighthouse was structurally unique with its own history, but each one had a common thing: a huge beacon.  That beacon offered a guiding light to incoming ships.  A profound yet often forgotten truth is, “I am a stranger in the earth …” (Psalm 119:19a).  It’s so tempting to live life as if we’re at home.  We navigate the familiar with ease and manage life on-our-own.  I used to think it was only the young who lived like there was no tomorrow – wrong!  "For this world is not our permanent home; we are looking forward to a home yet to come." (Hebrews 13:14).  Navigation in turbulent waters is tricky and many-a-ship – and person – have lost the way, dashed upon the rocks of poor decisions and hard times.  Oh, it should not be so!  God is The Beacon and His Word the Guiding Light.  Are you in turbulent waters?  Are you finding it difficult to distinguish the shoreline?  Open God’s Word, and let His Light guide you.  You will not be misguided!