Light Through The Fog

This morning on the train, I stared at the fog through the window. It was thick and smoky and oozing over the rooftops like white gravy. It was hard to see where the train was going with all my surroundings so blurred. What I could see though, beaming unashamedly through the low-lying clouds, was that golden bulb of light - yes, the sun, handcrafted by the spoken Word of God. 
And I thought: In a fog, it's difficult to see where you're headed. Maybe it's a fog of emotions, or a fog of work, or relationships, or anything else…but God's Word, like the sun, shines through that fog of confusion. God's Word is clarity in the haze, and light in the dark. God is always there and His Word is eternal.

"Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." Psalm 119:105

After the fog cleared, this scintillating golden light just filled the scene outside the train window. It just poured into every crevice. It glittered off the leaves. It highlighted all the electric wires. And after being in the fog, it was kinda like an "aahh" (Insert Eb major chord here, two octaves above middle C) moment. 
And I had another thought: Other times we see things so clearly, as God reveals things to us through His Word or through signs and wonders or through other people, or in just the billions of little things in the world! Sometimes these moments are incredible and illuminating (because Christ is life and light!), and sometimes the brightness is piercing. But the Word of God is a sword after all!

"For the Word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." Hebrews 4:12

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God…In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it…That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world." John 1:1, 4, 5, 9