- Enlightenment
Psalm 18.28
For thou wilt light my candle:
The Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
Light comes from God and He will give us light. God promises to enlighten my darkness so that I can see where I am and where I am going. He promises to light my candle so that I can see my way. Luke 1:79: “To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
Without God’s light and enlightenment I am in darkness and I cannot see. I cannot see God; I cannot see His blessings and gifts; I cannot see my pathway; I cannot see life; I cannot even see myself, where I fit in to God’s scheme of things, who I am, where I come from and where I am going. In the darkness I wander around, groping and lost, looking for some glimpse of light and hoping for something. The spiritual darkness in which I am lost is because of my own sin; I brought on my own darkness by my own sin and guilt; I separated myself from God and so I lost the light and the life of God. I could not find my way out of the darkness of death. The Lord Himself, my Light and Life, had to come to where I was and be the Light for me and by His grace bring me into the light.
The Holy Spirit enlightens my dark heart with Truth and Life in Jesus Christ, while He gives me faith in Christ. Now I see God, His grace, His love, His forgiveness, His truth, the meaning of His death on the Cross, the glory of His Resurrection; and I see the promises fulfilled in my life and the hope planted in my spirit. I see the glories of the invisible kingdom; I see the beauty of the future Kingdom; I see the King in all His glory welcoming me with open arms and receiving me to Himself.
When the Lord lights my candle it is more like the Sun shining on a clear day. This promise is always held before us, so that we can ever more clearly see by faith the wondrous things God has done for us and given to us.