“You, LORD, are my lamp; the LORD turns my darkness into light.”
– 2 Samuel 22:29 NIV
The darkness inside of me, the darkness surrounding me, the darkness that wants to swallow me – God turns it all into light.
There have been times in my past when I was so lost in the darkness that I couldn’t find my way. The light seemed so far away and so often I would stumble and fall. Living a life of bad choices, surrounded by people content to live in the darkness, I often looked over my shoulder to see the light, off in the distance, and wondered what it held for me.
“I can’t go back,” I thought. “It’s been too long, I’ve strayed too far away, I’ve made too many mistakes…” I thought that I was confined to the shadows and that I could never break away.
But His light has always been inside me. And as I draw nearer to Him, he has chased all the darkness away. I can stand up tall and walk in the light. I can see the path He has set for me.
When I am feeling lost in the dark, I will pray:
Lord, bring me back into the light. Please drive out this darkness that surrounds me. Be the lamp that guides me on my path. I will follow You, Lord. Amen
I Once Was Lost 