Posted on 09/13/2019 6:44:26 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress
“The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out” (Proverbs 13:9).
“Th e light of the righteous rejoiceth,” Who is our light? Christ. Because we have received Jesus Christ as our personal Saviour, we get the oil for our lamp. It is the oil that keeps the light burning brightly. The oil is a picture of the Holy Spirit. In Isaiah 61, He is the “oil of joy.”
“. . . but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.” Now, an unsaved man has a measure of light. John 1 says that Jesus Christ is the light of the world “which lighteth every man that cometh into the world” (vs. 9). Temporarily all unsaved men get light—but what happens when he rejects it? He doesn’t get the oil. A lamp doesn’t stay lit very long without the oil.
A saved man has the oil, so he has a continual light—the light of the lost (wicked) shall be put out.
“The light of the righteous rejoiceth,” Where do we get joy from? It is one of the fruits of the Spirit: “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law” (Galatians 5:22-23).
The lost man rejects the light, he gets no oil, his lamp goes out and he has no true joy in his life. Satan has his counterfeits of joy. The lost man calls lust, love—he doesn’t really know the difference. He walks in darkness, and Jesus says that he prefers the darkness to the light. Why? Because of his evil deeds.
Let’s read a chapter of Proverbs a day and see what God might have for us. As the Lord leads, share with us what God has shown you in a special way and by His grace let us build up a devotional repository. Let’s keep our knives and forks handy for some daily bread!
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