Carry your own lantern.

While down the street recently I came across a sign outside a shop that said, “ Carry your own lantern and you will never need to be afraid of the Dark.”
Very good advice I feel, for not only will you never need to be afraid of the dark, but you can also provide light for others as well, So instead of always being dependant of others to show or lead the way for you, you can do so by yourself if necessary.
Yes, with you own light, you can also choose for yourself which is the right road, rather than being forced to follow someone else’s road right or wrong! Or having to wait till someone else with a light of their own and heading your way, comes along.
Of course carrying a lamp of your own is one thing, carrying the right one, is another. As we come to this Christmas Season, let us all remember He who was born to be the light of the whole world.
And remembering Him alone, let each one of us take hold of this Light of the world, as our very own, so that we not only always have “The Light” with us, but so that we can always see and find the road or path down which we are meant to be headed. And then head in that right direction too. And hopefully even guide others in that direction too.
Will you do that? Will you carry the light of the world for yourself from this point on and also use it to guide others to Christ too?