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March 27
Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.” — John 8:12 BSB
We are always encountering new situations we’ve never faced before. Every new temptation is such a moment. We cannot navigate it without a guide.
Think back to the first time you entered the valley of sorrow. A godly man once shared his own experience: “I will never forget the strangeness of that time when Death first came into my home, taking two of my children in one stroke. The pain blinded me at first. But when I finally opened my eyes, I saw the ark in the river, and it steadied me. I knew where I was.”
Every new duty, every fresh responsibility, brings us to a new path we have never walked before. All of life is uncharted, and we cannot find the way on our own.
And then there is the last journey—our walk into the valley of shadows. We have no experience in dying. No one walks that path twice, and no one has returned to tell us what it is like. When we come to die, we will enter a completely new experience. If we don’t have Christ by our side in that unfamiliar place, we will be lost.