Isaiah 40:3 A voice cries:
“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Yesterday I had the privilege of attending chapel at Dallas Theological Seminary. It’s a once a year opportunity for me, a privilege I enjoy because of my father’s legacy. As hard as this day can be emotionally, I always find myself renewed and refreshed spiritually by the message the speaker brings.
The message yesterday was based on Psalm 119 about God’s law. I read Psalm 119 for the first time in its entirety this spring (all in one sitting – aloud. Try that sometime. Just make sure you have a big glass of water on hand.) and was struck by the overwhelming love the psalmist had for God’s word. The speaker yesterday reminded us that at the time the psalm was written the only words of God they had accessible and available to them was Torah, the Law. He also pointed out that the word “Torah” is the image of God’s finger pointing a straight path, a clear direction, almost as if He’s drawing a line in the sand for us to follow. That’s why the psalmist loved it so much. It was the clear direction, the “straight highway” for our lives.
This morning I read this passage in Isaiah and was struck with the parallel wording. That as we follow God’s law, we are an extension of His finger, pointing the way for others to follow. We are the “signposts” that show the correct path, the one true Way, to a world lost and wandering aimlessly.
Today, I too am thankful for God’s law. His words. His complete revealed truth, shared with us in the marvelous book we call the Bible. May my life be a clear, blazing beacon of full-on pursuit of Truth, pointing others to the way of hope and life.