The GPS system in our cars has to be one of the best inventions of our lifetime! If you are old enough, you remember the days of unfolding and then trying to refold the paper maps we needed just to determine where we were and how to get where we needed to be. All of us who took road trips that way knew what it meant to be completely lost at some point in the trip. 

It isn’t as common for people to feel lost these days, and that might not be a good thing. We don’t reach for a map anymore because we have a GPS. We don’t reach for a light unless we realize it's too dark to see. A lot of people don’t reach for Christ because they don’t realize they are lost without him. 

People usually don’t admit to being lost until they realize they aren’t able to find their own way. We would rather wander around for a while, hoping to figure things out for ourselves. We might just give up and decide not to go if it seems too difficult. That describes the spiritual lostness of a lot of people in our culture today. 

But there is one destination that draws a person out of their pride to ask for direction. People are quick to ask for help when they are trying to get home. God’s word is more than a light to our path; it's a light for the path God most wants us to take. A light doesn’t help us very much if we are using it on the wrong road. On the other hand, if we want to stay on the road that leads home, God’s word will guide the way. 

In biblical times, a “lamp” was small and filled with oil. It gave light to a person’s next step or two, but not much more. God’s word gives us the light we need for the present and the promise that we will arrive home. We don’t know what the path looks like later on, but we know where our next steps should be. 

God’s word is our map for this life. God’s Holy Spirit is the voice of our spiritual GPS. We just need to program in the right destination and choose to trust his voice instead of thinking we know a better way. We need to ask for the help we need to arrive home. 

The Lord gives wisdom, knowledge, and understanding. We just need to remember that we are lost without his word, our lamp.