In recent days of studying my daily Psalms, two verses about light have captured my attention and given me joy. First, Psalm 97:11:

Light is sown like seed for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.  (NAS)

The image that comes with this is that of the Lord planting seeds in my garden — i.e., my life — of light and gladness (joy) when I walk in his ways. To say that seeds are being planted is different than saying He just bestows light, because a seed is something you plant today to enjoy on another day in the future. Thus, when I walk in his ways I can expect a crop of light and joy to bloom in my life in the days to come.

The next verse is Psalm 112:4:

Even in darkness light dawns for the upright, for the gracious and compassionate and righteous man. (NIV)

Again, this tells me that as I walk in the ways of God (only by the help of the Holy Spirit, of course — as I always say, “my choice, His power”) there will never be darkness for me. Even in darkness, I will have light.

What is that darkness look like? It is experienced in many ways; some of which are uncertainty — fear — hopelessness — anxiety — being clueless — aloneness — a drawing into sin.

My take-away from these verses is that I don’t have to figure out how to overcome darkness. If I simply choose my way of being according to God’s righteous ways, he makes sure that the darkness will never overcome me.

In short, if we walk with the Light, we will always have light.