Without a vision my friend, we also simply perish. If we pursue rightly the bit of light God lets us see, we will make it because He will provide always the means. People will miss the Way because they did not care. People will lose their way because they became weary in well doing and let go of the Master hand.
I need to think on that.
Perhaps these verses will help your thinking
"Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he." Prov 29:18
The following verse speaks not of the saved man receiving Light, but rather of the glimmer that every person receives at natural birth in order to look for more...
"That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world." John 1:9
"But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." Heb 11:6
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Matt 6:33
"And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." Gal 6:9