November 27, 2025 • 22 mins
Episode 824:
In this episode, we dive into Psalm 119, the longest chapter in the Bible, which contains 176 verses. We focus specifically on verse 105, which states, "Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path." This verse serves as a powerful reminder of the guidance and wisdom that God's Word provides in our lives.
In this episode, we dive into Psalm 119, the longest chapter in the Bible, which contains 176 verses. We focus specifically on verse 105, which states, "Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path." This verse serves as a powerful reminder of the guidance and wisdom that God's Word provides in our lives.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're listening to the Bible Guys, a podcast where a
couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in
practical ways. Well, good morning, good morning. We talked the
whole net through good morning, good morning to you and
you and you.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
That is two times in one week.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
It is two times. And guess what. There's a reason
why I did that. Actually, because somebody approached me and
actually came to me and said, Chris, and I can't
remember it was Tuesday or Thursday. I'm pretty sure. They said, hey,
you've been singing good morning on Tuesdays and it's ruined
my Thursday mornings. So could you please sing good Morning
(00:42):
on Thursdays just so that I can have it on
Thursdays on my way to work. And so I just laughed.
I thought that was so funny. I'm like, I'm like,
I don't even I don't even really think about when
I sing it, just usually do it once a week.
But so this week I sang it already on Tuesday.
I thought, you know what, why not give because I
can't remember Tuesday Thursday.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Whoever that person was, this was for you.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Yes, well I know who it was. But she asked
me to and by the way she was in her twenties. Yeah,
so she you know, she was a younger person who
obviously listened to the Bibble guys on the way to
work and said that she needed I'm pretty certain she
said Thursdays. Yeah, so she says, can you please go
back to sing on Thursdays? And I just laughed.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
It just helps her get through the rest of the week.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
I think, so yeah yeah yeah. So anyway, so there
you go. Good morning, and welcome to the Bible guys.
We are Chris and Wesley and today we are your
Bible guys because Jeff is out of pocket. Yeah yeah, so,
so hey, it's been great to have you so far.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
It's been good being here.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was always good to have you
because I feel platinum, yes when you're here.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Not gold.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Yeah, that's right, platinum, that's right. So hey, so today
we are diving into Psalm chapter one, nineteen and there's
a bit of trity about someone nineteen. You know what
it is.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
After someone n teake Oh as far as it yes, yes,
I do. It is the longest chapter.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
It is the longest chapter in the Bible. You know
how many verses?
Speaker 2 (02:08):
It has one hundred and I'm going to get it wrong.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Yeah, believe or not. I was going to say that too,
one hundred and fifty it's one hundred and seventy six verses.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
I was off.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Yeah, well, I mean it's it's still it's a mammoth right,
And we're focusing on verse one oh five today. Yes,
but before we get into that, Desiree has written that
today is Thanksgiving.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
How did I not say that right out of the gates?
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Yeah, Happy Thanksgiving, David.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
I said my little song. I sing my little song.
But yeah, Happy Thanksgiving y'all.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Yeah, and we hope that you're having sweet potato and
not pumpkin pie today, it.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Says, says Wesley. I for one hope for pumpkin and
for cherry.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Okay, we'll go neutral apple. Oh, I can't go wrong
with apple.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
It's American. Yeah, sure, But Desiree says, Happy Thanksgiving. Let's
take some time this morning to share some of our
favorite Thanksgiving traditions or funny stories. Now, do you have
a funny Thanksgiving story?
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Oh? Man, a funny one. I just remember lots of family.
You know, we used to do Thanksgiving and Christmas big.
We would all meet at my grandmother's house. So I
just remember just as a kid. I mean you could
have I'm not joking, like forty fifty people, and she
had like a finish basement, you know, the main level,
(03:34):
and like a finished upstairs. So there were people everywhere,
and that's the thing I remember most as a kid,
just lots of family.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I would say, I don't think that
there's been any major zar bak havoc stories that have
happened on Thanksgiving. Certainly on Christmas. I have my share
of Christmas stories, but I don't think on Thanksgiving, at
least not that I can remember. But yeah, we used
to do Thanksgiving because my mom and dad get divorced.
(04:03):
We would actually Thanksgiving would be the holiday that would
be for my dad's side of the family, So my
mom's side of the family was always Christmas. And so
growing up as a kid, I remember going to like
my grandfather and grandmother's house, spending it with my dad's
side of the family. And the one thing that stuck
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out to me was my grandmother would always have frozen corn. Okay,
but my mom would always have corn out of the can,
and I liked frozen corn better, and so I just
remember thinking to myself, I like Grandma's corn better than
my mom's corn. That's about the only things.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Oh wait a minute, it just hit him. Wait a minute,
who burned?
Speaker 1 (04:48):
What?
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Okay, No, I have a scar?
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Do you see is there a scar somewhere here?
Speaker 2 (04:54):
It's kind of hot. Your beard is growing in so
it's kind of hard to see it. But I had
twelve stitches on Thanksgiving.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
On Thanksgiving Day because uh my, my uncle John and
Aunt Kay brought this big sheep dog uh to my
grandmother's house. And I remember I'm leaning down in front
of it. It was very scary, like the dog was
very scared of it was so big. I was only
six years old. And I remember going up to it
(05:21):
and and and and just just uh, you know, reaching
out my hand and and at the same exact time,
my cousin Dustin ran around the corner and jumped on
the back of the dog's back. And it was already
like like skeptic. It's like a skeptic dog, right, It
was like really sheepish, no pun intent, right, And it
was like, you know, worried, and and all of a sudden,
(05:43):
Dustin jumped on its back. No, maybe it was Eric.
It was Eric. It was Eric who did it. He
jumped on his back and the dog freaked out and
literally launched and bit me and like my face, he
bit my face. I had to go to the hospital
and Thanksgiving Day, Yeah, and got twelve stitches.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Wow. Yeah, yeah, that is not a good Thanksgiving.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
I'm still bitter. Actually.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Even as I'm saying that, I'm thinking, who would jump
on the back of a sheep dogs?
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Right?
Speaker 1 (06:12):
And he was like, oh, it seemed like a big horse.
I just thought I wanted to jump on it. And
I got I got stitches because of Eric.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
And ladies and gentlemen. That's why women live longer than men.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Yes, yeah, in fact, that could be. That could be
a made Chris mad Yeah. Yeah, here it is, you know, Thanksgiving,
all these years later, forty nine years later, I'm still
upset about it.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Yeah, she just thought it was a good idea. You
know what, I'm just gonna jump on the back of
the big dogs.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
Yep, that's what he did. So there, there it is.
There's my there's my Thanksgiving moment. That was good, all right?
So you know what that story ends in ruin and pain?
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Yes it does.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
But the story of Some one nineteen does not end
in ruin and pain.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
I thought you were going to rhyme or something.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
No, So the story of song chapter one nineteen ends
in a lighted path, and and wisdom and fulfillment is
the opposite of going to the hospital and getting twelve stitches.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
There is truth in that statement. I can I deny.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
I would say, out of the whole week, that was
my worst t Yes, I think you're right. I think
they're getting worse and worse.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
But people live for these They wait for these transitions.
They they do.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
I think transitions are slipping in the in the Bible guys, tradition.
So oh, anyway, so we're doing some how about this,
how about this. I'm going to assign you the transition
for tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Okay, all right, so I have no idea what it is,
but yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
So so before the podcast starts, you have to think
through it.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
I have not thought through a single transition this week.
I've made them up on the spot. Okay, but we're
going to give you a good transition.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
On the spot. Okay, all right, come up with something.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Okay, good, good, all right, that'd be good.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
And then Desiree is gonna ban us both from transitions.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
All right, all right, so PalmOne nineteen today, but we're not.
We're not reading all one hundred and seventy six verses.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
I think we should.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
It'll be forty minutes, said, We will be here for forty.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Minutes just reading, all right, So we're gonna do just
from verse ninety seven yep. And we're gonna go down
to one twelve yep.
Speaker 3 (08:23):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
And one oh five is kind of in the middle
of that. So this gives some good context. So Psalm
chapter one, nineteen, verse ninety seven, out of the New
Living Translation, it says, Oh, how I love your instructions.
I think about them all day long. Your commands make
me wiser than my enemies, for they are my constant guide. Yes,
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I have more insight than my teachers, for I am
always thinking of your laws. I am even wiser than
my elders, for I have kept your commandments. I have
refused to walk on any evil path so that I
may remain obi to your word. I haven't turned away
from your regulations, for you have taught me well, how
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sweet your words taste to me. They are sweeter than honey.
Your commandments give me understanding, no wonder. I hate every
false way of life. Your word is a lamp to
Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and
a light for my path. I've promised it once, and
I'll promise it again. I will obey your righteous regulations.
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I have suffered much, Oh Lord, restore my life again
as you promised. Lord, accept my offering of praise and
teach me your regulations. My life constantly hangs in the balance,
but I will not stop obeying your instructions. The wicked
have set their traps for me, but I will not
turn from your commandments. Your laws are my treasure, They
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are my heart's delight. I am determined to keep your
decrees to the very end, and I wanted to do
it again. Switch to King James.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Yes you did. You said You're like, the word is
a lamp to it. Yeah, you had to stop. Yep,
So we learned is thy word is a lamp unto
my feet and the light unto my path.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
Like wait a minute. It doesn't read yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
Yeah, but it says in this new Living translation, your
word is a lamp to guide my feet and a
light for my path. So it talks about the guidance, right,
because we're talking about God's wisdom and God's guidance, and
all the way through just this one section of the
chapter he talks about following instructions. In verse number ninety seven,
(10:38):
he says, your commandments make me wiser than my enemies,
and they are my constant guide. Right. So the psawmist
and we don't know who the sawmist actually is. We
don't know if it's David, we don't know who it is.
But the psawmist is talking about how it's God's word
which is the guide, right, which is pretty cool because
(10:58):
we know that, you know, you know, God can like
just like you said yesterday, you can pray about something
and God can give you supernatural insight. But just always
know that God's word is reliable today just as it
was you know, thousands of years ago. It's just as
relevant for our lives. It's just as practical, it's just
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as clear, and it's just as powerful. Right. So God's promises,
his word, his advice, they are the things that should
guide us more than anything else.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
Yeah. Now, what's interesting though about this verse is it
kind of breaks it up. It says, your word, the
Bible is a lamp to guide my feet and a
light for my path. It almost seems redundant at first, like, Okay,
if it was a light for my path, it would
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also be a light for my feet. But God distinguishes
those two. Your word is a lamp to God my
feet and a light for my path. When I read that,
I think about what could happen to your feet. So like,
if you've ever walked along the trail or something like that,
you can kind of step on a rock or something
like that, and you can kind of twist an ankle
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or something. So it's kind of like this is saying
God's word will be a lamp to guide your feet
so you can avoid those potholes in life that you
might come up against. But not just that, it will
also guide you as it relates to your future, what's
ahead of you, the path that's down the road and
around the corner. So not only will God's word help
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you navigate the immediate potholes in your life, it will
also help with the guidance for the road ahead.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
Right, which means the trajectory of your life. Yes, right,
So you may make a small adjustment in your life.
You may step slightly to the right slightly to the left.
That's the trajectory over time and distance is going to
put you exactly where God wants you. And you know,
it's interesting because again this was written, you know, thousands
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of years ago, and back then in ancient Israel, a
lamp was only a clay bowl or a clay structure
with a hole in it with a tiny flame which
was just enough to take the next step, which again
is a word picture that God uses, which is symbolic
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of you know, sometimes we don't see anything beyond just
the next step, right, Like I remember going whitewater rafting
one time, and I remember being in a river with
cliffs on either side, and it was so windy and
and so it's like you could almost you know, you
could almost only see what was coming up, and you
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didn't know what was around the bend. So you can
see the rapids, but you only knew the rapids were
there once you turned a corner. You know, you turn
this corner and you're like, oh, no, there's a rapid,
and then you've prepared for it, and then you're like,
what's around the next band, Oh it's a calm, smooth yeah,
you know, and then you turn around the next band.
Oh no, there's another rapid, you know, and it's it's
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just the way it is. You know, you get these
long cliffs, this winding river. But guess what if you're
in a helicopter, Yeah, you're able to see where all
the rapids are. Yeah, You're able to see every twist
and turn, every you know, you're able to see every
danger and everything else. Unfortunately, life isn't that way. But
God sees it that way. Yeah, God sees our life
from the helicopter.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
But here's the thing, Chris, I appreciate the fact that
we can't see everything. Just think about your own life,
and I could say this the same for me.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
If God had told you what you would go through
to get to where you are now, the trauma, the tragedy,
the people that would lie on you, people that would
stab you in the back, just the ups and downs
of life, you may have said.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
You know what, God, this ministry thing, you know what,
I'm just gonna be ass on that one. So I
thank God that he doesn't show us all the pieces.
Now we think, we we think that we want to
know the the helicopter view of everything, But if we
really saw the helicopter view of what was ahead of us.
We might say, God, I'm good, I'll pass on that one, right, yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
Right, yeah, I agree with that. Actually, it's it's it's
a relief in that way. Is Yeah, you're like, you know,
I don't even want to know. I can only handle
one one of the time.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
I don't need to see the next eight calamities.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
You know, right right, yeah, And then you get exhausted,
You're like, I don't want to do it.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
Yeah, I don't want to do it. You know.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
It's so funny. Is have you ever gone whitewater rafting?
Speaker 2 (15:41):
No? I've never had.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
Yeah, so I remember one time this this this guide
that we had. He was just a crazy guy and
he goes, hey, who wants to ride on the front
of the raft? He goes, he goes, yeah, this is
like a class four rapid. But he goes, if you're
really brave enough, you can sit on the front of
the raft and just hang on. And I was like, yeah,
I was young and stupid enough to say, yeah, do it.
But anybody who's been here's class four rapid and they're thinking,
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are you crazy? Plus four rapid is like dangerous? But
sure enough I got on the front of the raft
and we hit this rappid and I just flew. I
could not hang on. I just flew. And then I
landed in the uh water and and I actually was.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
Caught in a like one of the whirlpools.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Yeah, I just kept on spinning and spinning and spinning,
and I thought, oh no, And then I had to
remember my training where they said if you if you're
in the water, you got you just just curl up
in a ball and eventually it'll spit you out. But
it took so long for it to spit me out
that almost ran out of breath. And so and so
I I am lucky I survived, right, And and uh, yeah,
had you had you told me that that was coming,
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I would have opted perhaps maybe not even to God
going on the trip. Yeah, I would have been like,
you know what, I'm gonna sit this one out. I'm
gonna take my car, I'm gonna take the road. I'm
gonna drive and meet you all there, right, because that
because that's uh, that's the easy way. But but yeah,
you're right. I think that sometimes if we knew it
was coming, well, you know, it's a blessing not to know, right,
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So it says. It says that God guides us and
he illuminates the path by the way, I have to
throw this in you do you know the song about
this verse, thy word is a lamp onto my feet?
Speaker 2 (17:22):
Now, I know that one.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
You didn't grow up listening to Amy Grant.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
I did not grow up listening to Amy Grant. I
did not really know.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
So so Amy Grant's thy Word is a lamp into
my feet and a light and to my path.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
Okay, nothing will I fear.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
As long as you are near anyway. So the point is,
so the point is is that I have to mention this.
So here it is this this song, Thy Word is
a lamp into my feet. I bought tickets to go
see Amy Grant. I think it's in a week and
a half. Yeah. So she she's in down downtown at
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the Detroit Opera House with a Michael W. Smith and
c Wow. Yeah. So yeah, and I got like really
good seats too. So anyway, it's the music we grew
up on. Yeah, but I'm going to look forward to
this verse, this song.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
Yeah, right, So now what if she doesn't sing that song,
Well she might not.
Speaker 1 (18:16):
She might not since there's three artists and it is
a Christmas special. She might not get to it, but
it was one of the main songs of my youth.
Many I listened to this sucker all the time. So
I you know, when you put versus the music, it's
just another way to always remind ourselves of what is true.
So you can either put versus the music, or you
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can memorize scripture. Right, so Psalm one nineteen one five
is a phenomenal verse to memorize. Your word is a
lamp to my guide, guide to my feet, and a
light to my path. I've promised it once, and I'll
promise it again. I will obey your righteous regulations. Yeah, yeah,
it's really good.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
Yeah. I want to swing back really quick to verse
ninety seven, and it kind of tie into what we're
talking about. It says, oh, how I love your instructions.
I think about them all day long. Just meditating on
God's word. I think that is probably a great prescription
for everyone, to just meditate on the positivity of God's
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word versus the problem that's right in front of you.
If we could spend more time just focused on Him
in his word, that would leave us less time to
focus on the issues and the problems that we have.
So I think that's just an important tip for everyone
to just spend more time meditating, thinking about rolling God's
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word around your mind. How does this word apply to me?
How can I use this word in every aspect of
my life? I think that's just a healthy way to live.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
Yeah. Hey, another thing that just a random thought that
I had was when the Psalma says your word is
a lamp to my feet. That indicates that it's dark, right,
and so light is only needed in the darkness. Right,
So if the sun is you know, if the sun
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is out, you're not going to need a lamp when
you're walking, But in the darkness, you're going to need
that lamp. And isn't amazing the darker it gets, the
brighter one flame can get. Right, So, if you think
about it, like if you're in like a dimly lit
room and you light one candle, that candle isn't going
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to illuminate that room all the much. But have you
ever been in a room where it is so pitch
black there's nothing you can't even see the hand in
front of your face. The tiniest match, you can light
a match and it will illuminate the entire room because light,
the smallest of light, pierces the most darkness. And so
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I think about it that way, how powerful that word
image is. But then also here's what I'm also thinking.
Have you ever known that light eliminates shadows? Right? So, like,
for instance, have you ever have you ever like seen
a shadowy area and you've been creeped out and you're like, ah,
that creeps me out a little bit. But then you
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turn on your headlights on the car or you you know,
you shine a flashlight in something, right, you're let's just
say you're in the basement, and you're like, that's a
shadowy area, and then you turn on the flashlight and
everything else, you know, just goes away. And and so
I certain to think about like feelings, Our feelings, our
emotions are like shifting shadows, right, and and and and
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so light eliminates and overcomes feelings. So a lot of
times what we do is when we when we depend
on our paths, we think about our own feelings and
what makes us happy, our own wisdom, you know, and
things that that are rooted in us. But then light
shifts those and and all of a sudden, depending on
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where the light goes that shadow will shift and eventually
it gets eliminated altogether. And so it's just a great
word picture that says that God's word trump's feelings and
our own advice.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
Yeah no, that's good. That's pretty good, right, Yeah, I
think that's our time.
Speaker 1 (22:13):
It is our time. So hey, I've enjoyed this series
so far, and so we're going to be wrapping up
tomorrow on God's wisdom and guidance and hopefully we'll see
you then.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
Yeah, happy Thanksgiving again.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
Yeah, yeah, that's right. I'm the Bible, guys,
You're listening to the Bible Guys, a podcast where a
couple of friends talk about the Bible in fun in
practical ways. Well, good morning, good morning. We talked the
whole net through good morning, good morning to you and
you and you.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
That is two times in one week.
Speaker 1 (00:22):
It is two times. And guess what. There's a reason
why I did that. Actually, because somebody approached me and
actually came to me and said, Chris, and I can't
remember it was Tuesday or Thursday. I'm pretty sure. They said, hey,
you've been singing good morning on Tuesdays and it's ruined
my Thursday mornings. So could you please sing good Morning
(00:42):
on Thursdays just so that I can have it on
Thursdays on my way to work. And so I just laughed.
I thought that was so funny. I'm like, I'm like,
I don't even I don't even really think about when
I sing it, just usually do it once a week.
But so this week I sang it already on Tuesday.
I thought, you know what, why not give because I
can't remember Tuesday Thursday.
Speaker 2 (01:00):
Whoever that person was, this was for you.
Speaker 1 (01:02):
Yes, well I know who it was. But she asked
me to and by the way she was in her twenties. Yeah,
so she you know, she was a younger person who
obviously listened to the Bibble guys on the way to
work and said that she needed I'm pretty certain she
said Thursdays. Yeah, so she says, can you please go
back to sing on Thursdays? And I just laughed.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
It just helps her get through the rest of the week.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
I think, so yeah yeah yeah. So anyway, so there
you go. Good morning, and welcome to the Bible guys.
We are Chris and Wesley and today we are your
Bible guys because Jeff is out of pocket. Yeah yeah, so,
so hey, it's been great to have you so far.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
It's been good being here.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was always good to have you
because I feel platinum, yes when you're here.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
Not gold.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Yeah, that's right, platinum, that's right. So hey, so today
we are diving into Psalm chapter one, nineteen and there's
a bit of trity about someone nineteen. You know what
it is.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
After someone n teake Oh as far as it yes, yes,
I do. It is the longest chapter.
Speaker 1 (02:04):
It is the longest chapter in the Bible. You know
how many verses?
Speaker 2 (02:08):
It has one hundred and I'm going to get it wrong.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Yeah, believe or not. I was going to say that too,
one hundred and fifty it's one hundred and seventy six verses.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
I was off.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Yeah, well, I mean it's it's still it's a mammoth right,
And we're focusing on verse one oh five today. Yes,
but before we get into that, Desiree has written that
today is Thanksgiving.
Speaker 2 (02:34):
Yes.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
How did I not say that right out of the gates?
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Yeah, Happy Thanksgiving, David.
Speaker 1 (02:38):
I said my little song. I sing my little song.
But yeah, Happy Thanksgiving y'all.
Speaker 2 (02:43):
Yeah, and we hope that you're having sweet potato and
not pumpkin pie today, it.
Speaker 1 (02:47):
Says, says Wesley. I for one hope for pumpkin and
for cherry.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Okay, we'll go neutral apple. Oh, I can't go wrong
with apple.
Speaker 1 (02:58):
It's American. Yeah, sure, But Desiree says, Happy Thanksgiving. Let's
take some time this morning to share some of our
favorite Thanksgiving traditions or funny stories. Now, do you have
a funny Thanksgiving story?
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Oh? Man, a funny one. I just remember lots of family.
You know, we used to do Thanksgiving and Christmas big.
We would all meet at my grandmother's house. So I
just remember just as a kid. I mean you could
have I'm not joking, like forty fifty people, and she
had like a finish basement, you know, the main level,
(03:34):
and like a finished upstairs. So there were people everywhere,
and that's the thing I remember most as a kid,
just lots of family.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I would say, I don't think that
there's been any major zar bak havoc stories that have
happened on Thanksgiving. Certainly on Christmas. I have my share
of Christmas stories, but I don't think on Thanksgiving, at
least not that I can remember. But yeah, we used
to do Thanksgiving because my mom and dad get divorced.
(04:03):
We would actually Thanksgiving would be the holiday that would
be for my dad's side of the family, So my
mom's side of the family was always Christmas. And so
growing up as a kid, I remember going to like
my grandfather and grandmother's house, spending it with my dad's
side of the family. And the one thing that stuck
(04:23):
out to me was my grandmother would always have frozen corn. Okay,
but my mom would always have corn out of the can,
and I liked frozen corn better, and so I just
remember thinking to myself, I like Grandma's corn better than
my mom's corn. That's about the only things.
Speaker 2 (04:43):
Oh wait a minute, it just hit him. Wait a minute,
who burned?
Speaker 1 (04:48):
What?
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Okay, No, I have a scar?
Speaker 1 (04:51):
Do you see is there a scar somewhere here?
Speaker 2 (04:54):
It's kind of hot. Your beard is growing in so
it's kind of hard to see it. But I had
twelve stitches on Thanksgiving.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
On Thanksgiving Day because uh my, my uncle John and
Aunt Kay brought this big sheep dog uh to my
grandmother's house. And I remember I'm leaning down in front
of it. It was very scary, like the dog was
very scared of it was so big. I was only
six years old. And I remember going up to it
(05:21):
and and and and just just uh, you know, reaching
out my hand and and at the same exact time,
my cousin Dustin ran around the corner and jumped on
the back of the dog's back. And it was already
like like skeptic. It's like a skeptic dog, right, It
was like really sheepish, no pun intent, right, And it
was like, you know, worried, and and all of a sudden,
(05:43):
Dustin jumped on its back. No, maybe it was Eric.
It was Eric. It was Eric who did it. He
jumped on his back and the dog freaked out and
literally launched and bit me and like my face, he
bit my face. I had to go to the hospital
and Thanksgiving Day, Yeah, and got twelve stitches.
Speaker 2 (06:02):
Wow. Yeah, yeah, that is not a good Thanksgiving.
Speaker 1 (06:06):
I'm still bitter. Actually.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
Even as I'm saying that, I'm thinking, who would jump
on the back of a sheep dogs?
Speaker 2 (06:11):
Right?
Speaker 1 (06:12):
And he was like, oh, it seemed like a big horse.
I just thought I wanted to jump on it. And
I got I got stitches because of Eric.
Speaker 2 (06:18):
And ladies and gentlemen. That's why women live longer than men.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Yes, yeah, in fact, that could be. That could be
a made Chris mad Yeah. Yeah, here it is, you know, Thanksgiving,
all these years later, forty nine years later, I'm still
upset about it.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Yeah, she just thought it was a good idea. You
know what, I'm just gonna jump on the back of
the big dogs.
Speaker 1 (06:37):
Yep, that's what he did. So there, there it is.
There's my there's my Thanksgiving moment. That was good, all right?
So you know what that story ends in ruin and pain?
Speaker 2 (06:51):
Yes it does.
Speaker 1 (06:53):
But the story of Some one nineteen does not end
in ruin and pain.
Speaker 2 (06:59):
I thought you were going to rhyme or something.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
No, So the story of song chapter one nineteen ends
in a lighted path, and and wisdom and fulfillment is
the opposite of going to the hospital and getting twelve stitches.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
There is truth in that statement. I can I deny.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
I would say, out of the whole week, that was
my worst t Yes, I think you're right. I think
they're getting worse and worse.
Speaker 2 (07:26):
But people live for these They wait for these transitions.
They they do.
Speaker 1 (07:31):
I think transitions are slipping in the in the Bible guys, tradition.
So oh, anyway, so we're doing some how about this,
how about this. I'm going to assign you the transition
for tomorrow.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
Okay, all right, so I have no idea what it is,
but yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (07:46):
So so before the podcast starts, you have to think
through it.
Speaker 2 (07:48):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (07:49):
I have not thought through a single transition this week.
I've made them up on the spot. Okay, but we're
going to give you a good transition.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
On the spot. Okay, all right, come up with something.
Speaker 1 (07:58):
Okay, good, good, all right, that'd be good.
Speaker 2 (08:00):
And then Desiree is gonna ban us both from transitions.
Speaker 1 (08:03):
All right, all right, so PalmOne nineteen today, but we're not.
We're not reading all one hundred and seventy six verses.
Speaker 2 (08:08):
I think we should.
Speaker 1 (08:10):
It'll be forty minutes, said, We will be here for forty.
Speaker 2 (08:12):
Minutes just reading, all right, So we're gonna do just
from verse ninety seven yep. And we're gonna go down
to one twelve yep.
Speaker 3 (08:23):
Uh.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
And one oh five is kind of in the middle
of that. So this gives some good context. So Psalm
chapter one, nineteen, verse ninety seven, out of the New
Living Translation, it says, Oh, how I love your instructions.
I think about them all day long. Your commands make
me wiser than my enemies, for they are my constant guide. Yes,
(08:45):
I have more insight than my teachers, for I am
always thinking of your laws. I am even wiser than
my elders, for I have kept your commandments. I have
refused to walk on any evil path so that I
may remain obi to your word. I haven't turned away
from your regulations, for you have taught me well, how
(09:06):
sweet your words taste to me. They are sweeter than honey.
Your commandments give me understanding, no wonder. I hate every
false way of life. Your word is a lamp to
Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and
a light for my path. I've promised it once, and
I'll promise it again. I will obey your righteous regulations.
(09:29):
I have suffered much, Oh Lord, restore my life again
as you promised. Lord, accept my offering of praise and
teach me your regulations. My life constantly hangs in the balance,
but I will not stop obeying your instructions. The wicked
have set their traps for me, but I will not
turn from your commandments. Your laws are my treasure, They
(09:51):
are my heart's delight. I am determined to keep your
decrees to the very end, and I wanted to do
it again. Switch to King James.
Speaker 1 (10:00):
Yes you did. You said You're like, the word is
a lamp to it. Yeah, you had to stop. Yep,
So we learned is thy word is a lamp unto
my feet and the light unto my path.
Speaker 2 (10:13):
Like wait a minute. It doesn't read yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
Yeah, but it says in this new Living translation, your
word is a lamp to guide my feet and a
light for my path. So it talks about the guidance, right,
because we're talking about God's wisdom and God's guidance, and
all the way through just this one section of the
chapter he talks about following instructions. In verse number ninety seven,
(10:38):
he says, your commandments make me wiser than my enemies,
and they are my constant guide. Right. So the psawmist
and we don't know who the sawmist actually is. We
don't know if it's David, we don't know who it is.
But the psawmist is talking about how it's God's word
which is the guide, right, which is pretty cool because
(10:58):
we know that, you know, you know, God can like
just like you said yesterday, you can pray about something
and God can give you supernatural insight. But just always
know that God's word is reliable today just as it
was you know, thousands of years ago. It's just as
relevant for our lives. It's just as practical, it's just
(11:21):
as clear, and it's just as powerful. Right. So God's promises,
his word, his advice, they are the things that should
guide us more than anything else.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
Yeah. Now, what's interesting though about this verse is it
kind of breaks it up. It says, your word, the
Bible is a lamp to guide my feet and a
light for my path. It almost seems redundant at first, like, Okay,
if it was a light for my path, it would
(11:54):
also be a light for my feet. But God distinguishes
those two. Your word is a lamp to God my
feet and a light for my path. When I read that,
I think about what could happen to your feet. So like,
if you've ever walked along the trail or something like that,
you can kind of step on a rock or something
like that, and you can kind of twist an ankle
(12:16):
or something. So it's kind of like this is saying
God's word will be a lamp to guide your feet
so you can avoid those potholes in life that you
might come up against. But not just that, it will
also guide you as it relates to your future, what's
ahead of you, the path that's down the road and
around the corner. So not only will God's word help
(12:39):
you navigate the immediate potholes in your life, it will
also help with the guidance for the road ahead.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
Right, which means the trajectory of your life. Yes, right,
So you may make a small adjustment in your life.
You may step slightly to the right slightly to the left.
That's the trajectory over time and distance is going to
put you exactly where God wants you. And you know,
it's interesting because again this was written, you know, thousands
(13:08):
of years ago, and back then in ancient Israel, a
lamp was only a clay bowl or a clay structure
with a hole in it with a tiny flame which
was just enough to take the next step, which again
is a word picture that God uses, which is symbolic
(13:29):
of you know, sometimes we don't see anything beyond just
the next step, right, Like I remember going whitewater rafting
one time, and I remember being in a river with
cliffs on either side, and it was so windy and
and so it's like you could almost you know, you
could almost only see what was coming up, and you
(13:50):
didn't know what was around the bend. So you can
see the rapids, but you only knew the rapids were
there once you turned a corner. You know, you turn
this corner and you're like, oh, no, there's a rapid,
and then you've prepared for it, and then you're like,
what's around the next band, Oh it's a calm, smooth yeah,
you know, and then you turn around the next band.
Oh no, there's another rapid, you know, and it's it's
(14:10):
just the way it is. You know, you get these
long cliffs, this winding river. But guess what if you're
in a helicopter, Yeah, you're able to see where all
the rapids are. Yeah, You're able to see every twist
and turn, every you know, you're able to see every
danger and everything else. Unfortunately, life isn't that way. But
God sees it that way. Yeah, God sees our life
from the helicopter.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
But here's the thing, Chris, I appreciate the fact that
we can't see everything. Just think about your own life,
and I could say this the same for me.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
If God had told you what you would go through
to get to where you are now, the trauma, the tragedy,
the people that would lie on you, people that would
stab you in the back, just the ups and downs
of life, you may have said.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
You know what, God, this ministry thing, you know what,
I'm just gonna be ass on that one. So I
thank God that he doesn't show us all the pieces.
Now we think, we we think that we want to
know the the helicopter view of everything, But if we
really saw the helicopter view of what was ahead of us.
We might say, God, I'm good, I'll pass on that one, right, yeah.
Speaker 1 (15:20):
Right, yeah, I agree with that. Actually, it's it's it's
a relief in that way. Is Yeah, you're like, you know,
I don't even want to know. I can only handle
one one of the time.
Speaker 2 (15:30):
I don't need to see the next eight calamities.
Speaker 1 (15:33):
You know, right right, yeah, And then you get exhausted,
You're like, I don't want to do it.
Speaker 2 (15:36):
Yeah, I don't want to do it. You know.
Speaker 1 (15:38):
It's so funny. Is have you ever gone whitewater rafting?
Speaker 2 (15:41):
No? I've never had.
Speaker 1 (15:42):
Yeah, so I remember one time this this this guide
that we had. He was just a crazy guy and
he goes, hey, who wants to ride on the front
of the raft? He goes, he goes, yeah, this is
like a class four rapid. But he goes, if you're
really brave enough, you can sit on the front of
the raft and just hang on. And I was like, yeah,
I was young and stupid enough to say, yeah, do it.
But anybody who's been here's class four rapid and they're thinking,
(16:06):
are you crazy? Plus four rapid is like dangerous? But
sure enough I got on the front of the raft
and we hit this rappid and I just flew. I
could not hang on. I just flew. And then I
landed in the uh water and and I actually was.
Speaker 2 (16:22):
Caught in a like one of the whirlpools.
Speaker 1 (16:26):
Yeah, I just kept on spinning and spinning and spinning,
and I thought, oh no, And then I had to
remember my training where they said if you if you're
in the water, you got you just just curl up
in a ball and eventually it'll spit you out. But
it took so long for it to spit me out
that almost ran out of breath. And so and so
I I am lucky I survived, right, And and uh, yeah,
had you had you told me that that was coming,
(16:48):
I would have opted perhaps maybe not even to God
going on the trip. Yeah, I would have been like,
you know what, I'm gonna sit this one out. I'm
gonna take my car, I'm gonna take the road. I'm
gonna drive and meet you all there, right, because that
because that's uh, that's the easy way. But but yeah,
you're right. I think that sometimes if we knew it
was coming, well, you know, it's a blessing not to know, right,
(17:08):
So it says. It says that God guides us and
he illuminates the path by the way, I have to
throw this in you do you know the song about
this verse, thy word is a lamp onto my feet?
Speaker 2 (17:22):
Now, I know that one.
Speaker 1 (17:23):
You didn't grow up listening to Amy Grant.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
I did not grow up listening to Amy Grant. I
did not really know.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
So so Amy Grant's thy Word is a lamp into
my feet and a light and to my path.
Speaker 2 (17:36):
Okay, nothing will I fear.
Speaker 1 (17:38):
As long as you are near anyway. So the point is,
so the point is is that I have to mention this.
So here it is this this song, Thy Word is
a lamp into my feet. I bought tickets to go
see Amy Grant. I think it's in a week and
a half. Yeah. So she she's in down downtown at
(17:58):
the Detroit Opera House with a Michael W. Smith and
c Wow. Yeah. So yeah, and I got like really
good seats too. So anyway, it's the music we grew
up on. Yeah, but I'm going to look forward to
this verse, this song.
Speaker 2 (18:10):
Yeah, right, So now what if she doesn't sing that song,
Well she might not.
Speaker 1 (18:16):
She might not since there's three artists and it is
a Christmas special. She might not get to it, but
it was one of the main songs of my youth.
Many I listened to this sucker all the time. So
I you know, when you put versus the music, it's
just another way to always remind ourselves of what is true.
So you can either put versus the music, or you
(18:36):
can memorize scripture. Right, so Psalm one nineteen one five
is a phenomenal verse to memorize. Your word is a
lamp to my guide, guide to my feet, and a
light to my path. I've promised it once, and I'll
promise it again. I will obey your righteous regulations. Yeah, yeah,
it's really good.
Speaker 2 (18:54):
Yeah. I want to swing back really quick to verse
ninety seven, and it kind of tie into what we're
talking about. It says, oh, how I love your instructions.
I think about them all day long. Just meditating on
God's word. I think that is probably a great prescription
for everyone, to just meditate on the positivity of God's
(19:18):
word versus the problem that's right in front of you.
If we could spend more time just focused on Him
in his word, that would leave us less time to
focus on the issues and the problems that we have.
So I think that's just an important tip for everyone
to just spend more time meditating, thinking about rolling God's
(19:39):
word around your mind. How does this word apply to me?
How can I use this word in every aspect of
my life? I think that's just a healthy way to live.
Speaker 1 (19:48):
Yeah. Hey, another thing that just a random thought that
I had was when the Psalma says your word is
a lamp to my feet. That indicates that it's dark, right,
and so light is only needed in the darkness. Right,
So if the sun is you know, if the sun
(20:10):
is out, you're not going to need a lamp when
you're walking, But in the darkness, you're going to need
that lamp. And isn't amazing the darker it gets, the
brighter one flame can get. Right, So, if you think
about it, like if you're in like a dimly lit
room and you light one candle, that candle isn't going
(20:30):
to illuminate that room all the much. But have you
ever been in a room where it is so pitch
black there's nothing you can't even see the hand in
front of your face. The tiniest match, you can light
a match and it will illuminate the entire room because light,
the smallest of light, pierces the most darkness. And so
(20:53):
I think about it that way, how powerful that word
image is. But then also here's what I'm also thinking.
Have you ever known that light eliminates shadows? Right? So, like,
for instance, have you ever have you ever like seen
a shadowy area and you've been creeped out and you're like, ah,
that creeps me out a little bit. But then you
(21:14):
turn on your headlights on the car or you you know,
you shine a flashlight in something, right, you're let's just
say you're in the basement, and you're like, that's a
shadowy area, and then you turn on the flashlight and
everything else, you know, just goes away. And and so
I certain to think about like feelings, Our feelings, our
emotions are like shifting shadows, right, and and and and
(21:35):
so light eliminates and overcomes feelings. So a lot of
times what we do is when we when we depend
on our paths, we think about our own feelings and
what makes us happy, our own wisdom, you know, and
things that that are rooted in us. But then light
shifts those and and all of a sudden, depending on
(21:56):
where the light goes that shadow will shift and eventually
it gets eliminated altogether. And so it's just a great
word picture that says that God's word trump's feelings and
our own advice.
Speaker 2 (22:09):
Yeah no, that's good. That's pretty good, right, Yeah, I
think that's our time.
Speaker 1 (22:13):
It is our time. So hey, I've enjoyed this series
so far, and so we're going to be wrapping up
tomorrow on God's wisdom and guidance and hopefully we'll see
you then.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
Yeah, happy Thanksgiving again.
Speaker 1 (22:23):
Yeah, yeah, that's right. I'm the Bible, guys,
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