Me: You know Prodigal, I have always enjoyed lighthouses. I am from North Carolina and have visited several lighthouses in the south.
Prodigal: I didn’t know that about you. I thought I would take a look at this one and read about the history. You know lighthouse were big in helping ships find there way and keep them from danger.
Me: Yes, they were and sometimes it was just one person helping a whole group of ships from danger.
Prodigal: I never thought of it like that. Wow, how does that person take on that responsibility. How do they manage?
Me: Well I cannot tell you about the keeper of the lighthouse but I can tell you how we as Christians can stay strong and walk by faith.
Prodigal: I wonder what today’s story will be!
Jennifer Rothschild in her book Lessons I learned in the dark talks about having a guide and learning to trust that guide. Her story begins below.
As we’re learning to trust God and walk by faith, we also need to learn to remember His Word. That’s because knowing what God tells us in the Bible helps us to act upon what we know is true, rather than merely reacting to what we see.
Life presents us with many optical illusions. Have you ever been in the desert and seen that tantalizing shoreline of water shimmering on the horizon? You could chase it all your life and never wet so much as your big toe. It isn’t really there! And that’s often true with what we think we’re seeing so clearly. The information provided by our eyes may simply be unreliable. There are also times when we can’t see at all. So we must memorize the truth and make sure we remember what matters.
Many of you have started to walk out in faith, with where God is leading you. You are a ship in the deep waters and you begin to see a false light from another ship. In the distance though is the one real light from the lighthouse that will keep you safe.
See some of you are questioning the security of the lighthouse. So instead you have been looking toward the ship light for security. See that ships light will keep changing and moving. See it will keep showing its lights and move you farther away from the lighthouse. The ship will distract you from your purpose and direction of the lighthouse. You can follow that false light moving all over the empty ocean for as long as you make it your distraction. See it is your choice to keep it as your distraction. Or you can follow your foundation of truth with the lighthouse.
Here is your warning though, when you take that next stop though, it may be walking by faith and not seeing with your eyes. That is when you remember God’s promise and you believe Him. That is when you stop right now and say I trust you, lead me now!
Psalms 31:3 For You are my rock and my fortress; For Your name’s sake You will lead me and guide me
Jennifer Van Allen
www.theprodigalpig.com
www.faithincounseling.org
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