Job was a young boy, and one afternoon his father told him to take two empty sacks to the miller, who lived in the next village.
“Be sure you take the right road, Job,” said his father, “and, as it will be quite dark before you can get back, you had better take the lantern with you.”
“O,” said Job, “I can find my way back in the dark with my eyes shut; there is no fear of my taking the wrong road.”
So off Job went with the sacks, and reached the village in daylight; but on coming back it began to get dark. There was neither moon nor stars visible, and it became quite dark. Job now wished he had brought the lantern, but on he went. He, however, became bewildered, and was at last quite at a loss as to where he was going. He stood still, not knowing what to do.
At length he heard a footstep, some one was approaching. It might be an enemy, but what could he do? It turned out to be a man on his way home. Though afraid, Job mustered courage to ask his way to his father’s house. He was told he had taken the wrong road, and was quite out of the way.
The man was going the same road, and showed him the way, and at length he reached home — a sadder, if not a wiser boy, for having neglected his father’s advice.
How many there are in this world like Job. They not only try to find their way about in the earth, but even think they can find their way to heaven. The Bible says, “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” Prov. 14:1212There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. (Proverbs 14:12). How foolish then to think of finding the way without that lamp. I hope you all know that I mean the Bible. God Himself calls it a lamp. Be sure then you take the Lamp.
“Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Psa. 119: 105.
ML 08/16/1959