Wednesday, October 8, 2025

In the Inner Court

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
- Psalms 119:105

From the outer court, you step inside into the more intimate area of the inner court—moving from thanksgiving into praise—from the realm of your flesh and the world, to looking within at the deeper level of the soul.

Seven candles light this darkened room, representing the illumination of the Word of the living God through the Holy Spirit. “For the commandment is a lamp, and the teaching is light” (Proverbs 6:23). This is a place where you are in the dark, but God illuminates a promise in His Word to help you walk by faith. You have just enough light for your next step.

These are the times in your life when the check has yet to arrive in the mail, but you have a Word from God; the tumor isn’t gone, but you’ve got a promise; the child hasn’t come home, the disease is in your body or the raise hasn’t come through, but it doesn’t matter because you are going to praise God anyway!

So lift your hands to heaven and praise God, because you’ve heard the voice of the Spirit and received a promise and a Word from the Lord!

Further Reading

• Psalms 27
• Hebrews 11
• Psalms 119:129-135