Light is Sown

When I read Scripture each day, I typically pray and ask God to direct me to a sentence or a phrase in that I can meditate on for the rest of the day.  On Monday I was reading in Psalm 97 and my attention especially landed on verse 11.  I have been stuck on a phrase of the verse ever since then.  Psalm 97:11 says, “Light is sown for the righteous…” 

My morning walks are in the dark just before dawn.  Today as I was walking and praying on that verse, I began to notice that while I was walking in the dark, lights were all around me.  There were the blinking red lights on the cellular tower across the way at the end of our street.  There were porch lights, a few street lights and even the light that the moon had to offer.  Even though the sun had not risen, my steps were made certain by lights sown all along my path. 

The Psalmist noted the same experience in his walk with the Father.  He acknowledges that this world can be very dark.  But his focus is not on how dark the world is, but on the light that the Father has sown before and all around him.  As a follower of God, he can’t take even a step in the dark without being made aware of how His God is shining in the darkness. 

As I walked this morning noticing all the lights in the darkness, I was reminded that the enemy wants my attention to be on the darkness.  But God is inviting me to pay attention to his light.  Where I give my time, energy, thoughts, prayers and words will determine whether I am one who is overcome by the darkness or one who is guided by the light.

Father, open my eyes to the light.  Help me not to miss the crop of light you are growing in my world right now.  Let me be just as mindful of where you are breaking in with your light as I am of any time of darkness I may find myself walking through.  Father, I pray for my friends who might read this that they too would see you sowing light everywhere they go.