#229 Light the Way

17 They made the lampstand of pure gold. They hammered out its base and shaft, and made its flowerlike cups, buds and blossoms of one piece with them.18 Six branches extended from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other. 19 Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on one branch, three on the next branch and the same for all six branches extending from the lampstand. 20 And on the lampstand were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms. 21 One bud was under the first pair of branches extending from the lampstand, a second bud under the second pair, and a third bud under the third pair—six branches in all. 22 The buds and the branches were all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.

23 They made its seven lamps, as well as its wick trimmers and trays, of pure gold. 24 They made the lampstand and all its accessories from one talent[e] of pure gold. Exodus 37:17-24

The Psalmist declares God's Word to be a lamp unto his feet, and that blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, .... but his delight is in the law of the Lord and in His law does he meditate day and night. The law doth shed light upon us and reveals to every man, woman and child the contention. God's word does rightly hold that we have each turned to our own way, that no one seeks the truth. We do so love darkness rather than light, and often, like children, we run around with eyes closed and fingers in our ears, not wanting to go further than meme of the day, the one on our facebook feed that agrees with the position we hold in the dark. "I wish to walk with you no further, and I do not want to see anymore, for just over that next peak, in my heart, I have an idea that what I am about to see will tear at things most valuable to me. The truth will attack my pleasure, my measure, my want and even that by which I have come to define myself and those around me." We don't want to be bothered with the facts, or work the problem all the way. Anything we hear that is agreeable to our want and condition goes into our new Bible. If someone questions us, then the factors that decides right or wrong are our feelings and emotions, not the light of the truth. I realized something when I no longer wanted God, I had sold right and wrong, yet still believed that certain things were wrong, but by what measure? If there is no ultimate good, no ultimate authority, then welcome to the jungle. You can say that I am wrong, but it doesn't mean anything. The majority can even say I am wrong, but is the majority always right? Take your best example, human representative of the problem of evil, kill off the God of the law, find the person most capable of any act, and that with or without feeling, this is your new god. He is a politician, a reed blowing in the wind, and unbound by the notion of right or wrong. He is your new lamp stand, and most enlightening, because there is nothing off limits to him, he makes it up as he goes along, and uses the terms right and wrong when they benefit him. In the end, even after you helped him build the tower, defy such archaic principles as good and evil, and in your mind killed the God of creation, or somehow improved upon the model with another Christ, what will keep him from consuming you? Now will that be wrong by your measure, but that is not the same measure as his, or mine, or hers or theirs. There is a light, and I did not make it, nor did you, but it shows us that we are born in darkness, and morally bankrupt. It reveals to us that the heart truly is deceitful above all things. 

7 The law of the Lord is perfect,

refreshing the soul.

The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy,

making wise the simple.

8 The precepts of the Lord are right,

giving joy to the heart.

The commands of the Lord are radiant,

giving light to the eyes.

9 The fear of the Lord is pure,

enduring forever.

The decrees of the Lord are firm,

and all of them are righteous.

10 They are more precious than gold,

than much pure gold;

they are sweeter than honey,

than honey from the honeycomb.

11 By them your servant is warned;

in keeping them there is great reward.

12 But who can discern their own errors?

Forgive my hidden faults.

13 Keep your servant also from willful sins;

may they not rule over me.

Then I will be blameless,

innocent of great transgression.

14 May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart

be pleasing in your sight,

Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer. Psalm 19: 7-14