Discovering
Real Life in God’s Word
Your word is a lamp for my feet,
a light on my path. - Psalm 119:105
This Psalm
is one of my favourite verses in the Bible. It reminds me of a story about
Anatoly Shcharansky. He was a dissident Soviet Jew,
who kissed his wife goodbye as she left Russia for freedom in Israel. His
parting words to her were, “I’ll see you soon in Jerusalem.” But Anatoly was
detained and finally imprisoned. Their reunion in Jerusalem would not only be
postponed, it might never occur.
During long
years in Russian prisons and work camps, Anatoly was stripped of his personal
belongings, with the exception of a miniature copy of the Psalms. Once during
his imprisonment, his refusal to release the book to the authorities cost him
130 days in solitary confinement.
Finally,
twelve years after parting with his wife, Anatoly was offered his freedom. In February
1986, as the world watched, Shcharansky was allowed
to walk away from Russian guards toward those who would take him to Jerusalem.
But in the final moments of captivity, the guards tried again to confiscate the
Psalms book. So Anatoly threw himself face down in the snow and refused to walk
on to freedom without it because it was those words that had kept him alive
during imprisonment.
Do you love
the Word of God? Do you cherish His precepts so much that you would suffer for
them? God’s Word is more precious than any earthly possession. So as you live
your life, keep the Bible as the light to your path because in it you’ll find
the way to the life God wants for you!
Prayer Challenge:
Pray and ask
God to help you to walk the path of life with His Word as your light!