---Our Security Is In Christ Alone ~

--"Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. --[Psalm 119:105] -

--During World War II, Waldemar's Semenov was serving as a junior engineer aboard the SS Alcoa Guide when--nearly three hundred mile off the coast of North Caroline--a German submarine surfaced and opened fire on the ship. . The ship was hit, caught fire, and began to sink. Semenov and his crew lowered a lifeboat into the water and used the vessel's compass to sail toward the shipping lanes. After three days, a patrol spotted their lifeboat and the USS Broome rescued the men the next day. Thanks to the compass, Sumenov and twenty-six other crewmembers were saved.

The psalmist reminded God's people that they were equipped with a compass for life--the Bible. He compared Scripture to "a "lamp" (Psalm 119:105) that provides light to illuminate the path of life for those pursuing God. When the psalmist was adrift in the chaotic waters of life, he knew God could use Scripture to provide spiritual longitude and latitude and help him survive. Thus he prayed that God would send out HIs light to direct him in life and bring HIs light to direct him in life and bring him safely to the port of His holy presence (43:3).

As believers in Jesus, when we lose our way, God can guide us by the Holy Spirit and by the direction found in the Scriptures. May God transform our heart and our minds as we read the Bible, study it, and follow its wisdom. ~~

--"Lord Jesus, thank You that when I'm tempted to drift away, the wisdom of Scripture helps bring me back to You. '

--ODB/MW~