Then I Will Go / by Dale Decker

Send out your light and your truth; / let them lead me; / let them bring me to your holy hill / and to your dwelling! / Then I will go to the altar of God, / to God my exceeding joy, / and I will praise you with the lyre, / O God, my God. ~Psalm 43:3-4 ESV

The Psalmist is making a request for guidance. He desires two guides, Light and Truth. Light gives us the ability to perceive the world around us and truth gives us the ability to discern the correct path. The Psalmist also has a destination in mind, God’s holy dwelling place. He finds joy in being in the presence of God, and joy begets praise.

Has the Psalmist’s request been granted? I think so. What he looked forward to in faith, we look back on, also in faith. Jesus Christ. Christ proclaimed himself the Light of the world and the Truth for the world. He alone is the access to God’s holy dwelling place. The Apostle Paul expressed it this way - “For God who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” At God’s creative word, light sprang out of darkness. His same power is able to shine into our hearts and give us knowledge of his glory. How? By showing us the face of Christ and who he really is.