"Lighting the Way"

"And He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday." (Psalms 37:6) We might not be there yet, but when we commit our way unto the Lord, we are headed in the right direction. To better get understanding of God's way for our life, our number one tool for instruction is the Word of God; besides being filled with the Holy Spirit, God's Word agrees with the Spirit that dwells within us, thereby confirming and discerning various aspects of our daily lives. In other words, we do not just commit our lives to God and then move freely about the planet; we must continue to abide in Him, seek instruction from Him, and continually trust Him in all things; making trust more about being secure in Him, rather than our ability to trust, because our ability to trust is so faulty. It is God's Word that never changes, nor is there any other thing that God has placed above His Word; therefore our greatest security comes from the Word of God. In this verse, there are a couple of different lights that are presented; one might be the light reflected in our lives which is observed by others; in that case, our righteousness and our judgement will be visible to those that observe our lives, because our lives are committed unto God. On the other hand, because we live in a world that is filled with things which pull us away from God, the righteousness that we seek is the confirmation of our life in Jesus Christ, or better yet, of Jesus Christ in our life. This is better explained by Paul in 2 Corinthians 10:3-6, as he shows us that there is great power in the confirmation of the power of Christ in our lives, because our obedience is the manifestation of that power; our disobedience is the manifestation of our weakness and our flesh. When we are "casting down imaginations", we are taking those thoughts of our defeat and our weakness being the sign of God's weakness in our life, and we cast those thoughts down, because there is no weakness in God; any weakness that exist in us, is our own doing, and is because we are not allowing God to have full control of our life; plain and simple... "Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be My sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God." (2 Corinthians 6:17 & 7:1)