Wandering from the Word

“Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path” (Psalm 119:105).  “Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit” (Ecclesiastes 6:9). 

Without the Word of God today,

How dark the path of life would be!

We hopelessly would go astray

And thus be lost eternally.

How woeful is such wandering

That stumbles blindly in the night!

Should not our souls be pondering

The truth God shows us in His light? 

There is no valid explanation

To wander with such vain desire,

For Christ has come with His salvation:

What more could honest faith require?

His promise given is complete

To thus deliver souls from wrath. 

We have His Word to guide our feet,

Which shines as light upon our path. 

Yet people choose to be unwise

And wander far from God instead

Until, in death, they close their eyes

And fix their destiny ahead. 

O Lord, Your Word is light indeed

That lights the path we walk with You. 

How sweet Your voice is as we read

Your counsel that we know is true!

Until we see You face to face,

Lord, help us to persuade the lost

To no more wander from Your grace,

As by Your Word they count the cost.