3.256 Lead Thou Me On

In Matthew 5, Jesus calls us the salt of the earth and the light of the world, reminding us that our lives are meant to preserve, illuminate, and point others to him. This season on Savory Salt, we'll walk through the Old Testament, one verse and one thought each day. Perhaps these moments will add greater savor and brighter light to our lives as we seek to truly live as Savory Salt.

Hello, my friends. It's a new day with new opportunities. Choose ye this day whom ye will serve.

We're going to finish out our reading this week of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes with another first on Savory Salt. And that is, I hope it counts as a scripture verse, but it is going to be a curveball for you. We have been reading Proverbs and Ecclesiastes this week and we've gone through words of wisdom.

We've gone through the flip side as the preacher has given us some vanity of the world and some things to chew on there. But the reason I chose to go this direction today on Savory Salt is because I just couldn't get this out of my head throughout the reading and the study this week. I'm here at the end of the week, and I thought if this is what has stayed in my head throughout my study, perhaps I should share it on Savory Salt and capture what has never left my mind.

And so for our verse for today, we're going to go into the hymn book. We're going to go to classical hymns. I don't know whether, you know, new hymn book, old hymn book.

I don't know how to phrase it. So let's call it the classical hymn book. Hymn number 97.

It's called "Lead Kindly Light." And for some reason, throughout all of my reading of Proverbs and Ecclesiastes this week, this song has just gone through my head over and over again. And specifically, a version of this song that is also blended with "I Need Thee Every Hour" by Kenneth Cope. And so I've put a link to his album.

It's currently on YouTube. The link goes straight to this song, I hope. Otherwise, you can listen to the entire album because it's amazing.

It's one of my favorite albums of all time, as he writes hymns to the Lord that are combinations of hymns. But the verse for today is the first verse of "Lead Kindly Light": Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see the distant scene; one step enough for me. My friends, this song has meant something to me.

I don't know how long. Most of my life, I have no memory of not loving this song and having it be such an important part. I think part of that is I can remember my dad and his brother, my uncle Russ, singing this in a sacrament meeting for whatever reason.

I don't know why they were asked to do a duet of it. The imagery that comes inside of this verse really stands out for me. And I love, "Lead, Kindly Light," if you'll notice inside of that phrase, lead, comma, kindly, capital L, light.

My friends, Jesus Christ is the light of the world. How amazing would it be if more of us would turn to him and invite him to lead us? Lead us, Kindly Light, amid the gloom of today, the frustrations, the struggles, the chaos. "Lead Thou me on." I love this song.

I hope you take an opportunity to listen to Kenneth Cope's version of this with his combo of "I Need Thee Every Hour." It's one that I've listened to in many difficult and dark times in my life and I hope it brings some light to you in your life. My friends, Jesus Christ is the light of the world. I am grateful for my testimony and my belief in him.

And I know that as you seek to have it in your life as well, that you will find the light of Jesus Christ as you seek him out and pray and ask the Father to bring it to you. That is all for today, my friends. You and I have come here for such a time as this.

Step forward in faith and let's be savory salt. We will be here tomorrow and we hope you are too.