In him was life and that life was the light of men. John 1:4

O SAY what is that thing call'd Light,

Which I must ne'er enjoy;

What are the blessings of the sight,

O tell your poor blind boy!

-Excerpt from Blind Boy, C. Cibber

You are not where you could be because you are not what you should be; but, if you would be then you could be. For it is in Him that we live and move and have our being. He walks with you and he talks with you and he tells you, you are his own. This message and thought more often than not has been confused and misunderstood by men.

James Brown ("It's a man's world") was accused of spousal abuse.

Marvin Gaye ("What's going on") was killed by his father in a dispute over a woman.

Sam Cooke ("Change is gonna come") lost his life in a California hotel embroiled in an argument about a prostitute and pickpocket.

Bob Marley ("One love") expressed that sentiment to a lot of different women.

Michael Jackson ("We are the world"; "Man in the mirror") overdosed on sleep aids and pain killers.

They forgot a fundamental truth about human growth and development. BABIES AND MEN WALK BEFORE THEY TALK. So, if you are not walking, don't start talking.

The basic strength of a man is also his primary weakness. They reason, are logical and motivated by sight and not by faith. Show me the money is their motto. They are independent and self-sufficient and dislike asking for or seeking help. They abhor losing control or lack thereof. Each man should stand on his own two feet is the word. Men do not come to God because they want or need to. Men come to God because they have to.

Consider once again the story of the prodigal son.

The prodigal son abandoned the security, comfort and love of his father's house. He wastes all of his living and fortune in a land of strangers. His resources depleted, destitute, forsaken and forlorn, he reaches and finds no outstretched hand of help. He finally ends up in a pigsty so hungry that he is thinking about eating pig food. His mind at last returns to him. So with nothing left, at rock bottom, broke, busted and disgusted, he returns to a time and place he should have never left.

Solomon warned us to "fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man."

Sometimes because of our short linear existence, haste and lust for achievement and success we neglect our true purpose. We lose sight of the destination and goal. We forget we are sojourners and pilgrims on the way to the promised land. Do not focus on the wilderness and get lost there. There are just too many dead ends.