The Bible | a 4-Day Skate Church Movement Devotionalනියැදිය

what is the Bible?

“Your word is a lamp to guide my feet, and a light for my path.” Psalm 119:105

My local park growing up never had lights. The city thought that the skaters would cause more trouble at night than during the day, so they refused to put lights up at our park. Unbeknownst to them, there were a few spots where you could drive your car right onto the park. Growing up I would always go to the park after dark, drive my car literally onto the skatepark, and point my headlights at this perfect little ledge. Surprisingly, the cops never seemed to care and that allowed endless sessions under the moonlight with my high beams on the ol’ Chevy.

I love night sessions; there is something amazing and unexplainable about skating at night. But when skating in the dark, having light is key. Just imagine rolling up to a 10 stair when you can’t even see where the stairs start or where they end. You would get destroyed! Even pro skaters make sure they have floodlights and a generator before they skate a big rail at night, because they understand the destruction that they are in for if they can’t see where they are going.

Life isn’t so different from skating in the dark. It can feel pretty chaotic sometimes, like we don’t know where we are going or how to get there–almost like we’re skating in the dark or rolling around with our eyes closed. Just when we feel like we have it all together, we hit a pebble and get tossed flat on our face. The Bible has multiple purposes, one of which is to be for the Christian what lights are for a skater trying to skate in the dark. In Psalm 119:105 the author writes, “Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.”

This picture is of a man walking down a trail in the dark, and it is so dark that he can’t see his feet or the path, but God’s Word is like a lantern that lights up the whole trail and leads him home. Without the Word of God, we would be lost in how to navigate our lives. This is why we as Christians read, study, and obey God’s Word; because it leads us to an abundant life.

God, who created life, knows how we should live and rather than keeping it a secret from us, He’s laid it out for us in His word. He has lit up the path of life for us! God never intended for you to go through life blind and stumbling. His desire isn’t for us to go through life in the dark or to skate without lights. God created you to have life and have it to the fullest. The Bible is the lamp that leads you there. If you’re reading this today but have never really given the Bible a chance, my hope is that you’ll give it a shot. I want to challenge you to pick up the Word of God and just like flipping on the light switch, my hope and prayer is that it will illuminate the path of your life. It is much easier when you have light to guide your way both in skating and in life.

pushing further

1. Have you ever tried to skate in the dark? What happened?
2. Do you feel like sometimes you’re living in the dark?
3. Do you feel like the Bible is a light for you, helping to guide you through our dark world?
4. What are some things that try to suppress the light in your life?
5. How can you keep the light on?

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