I love prophetic scriptures. Today’s verse talks of gold and incense coming from Sheba to proclaim the praise of the LORD, and flocks gathering to serve the one who is as bright as the dawn. Today, we understand this is speaking of Jesus. The wise men came from the east and the shepherds, with their flocks, all followed the light of the star to worship the “Light of The World”.
Darkness is such a fearful place. Our scripture today says that darkness covers the earth. Thick darkness is over the people. What is darkness? It is the absence of light. Darkness keeps us from seeing obstacles in our path, paralyzing fear overwhelms us and we are frozen, unable to move forward.
My family received some pretty dark news the other day. My father is dying of cancer and right now my vision is a bit obstructed. I know many of you reading this can relate. You have been in a dark spot in your own life. It is for times like these that Jesus came.
Our passage today say, “Arise, shine, for your light has come.” I don’t feel much like shining right now. I feel like the darkness is so over powering that it might overtake me. That is exactly what the enemy wants. The end of verse two says, “but the LORD rises upon you and his glory appears over you”. Notice that the Lord’s glory will appear over us in those dark times without action on our part.
It is a promise from God. The Light has come into our world and it will shine God’s glory into our lives so we can shine into the lives of others. The hard part, for us, is understanding we do our best shining when all seems darkest.
Read today's passage at Biblegateway Isaiah 60:1-7
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