"For your light has come, And the glory of the LORD has risen upon you." What then is this great occasion that calls us to sacrifice all? What is this call that demands us to drop all for the sake of all?! We must consider it sin to be easily offended and give up on the task God has set us to. We must refuse to be those who sift through their treasures and then put them away. Instead he chose to work bringing the gospel to the Chinese getting by on a bare minimum of subsistent.
I recently heard Paul who was urged to sign up for two professional baseball teams. We need to arise from compromises of the world where we become indebted and strive for the glory of God's kingdom. No matter what the costs, we must step out of line from the world and live by God's heartbeat. The world might even demand that we live with them. We need to think concretely what the Lord would have us do: Arise and Shine.Īrise. This is why entertainment and other such activities, though not wrong in themselves, easily become moral issues. We are not allowed to live passive lives. Discussion A) Instilling the Mission (Isaiah 60:1a) We must take responsibility that we have failed the world in bringing the light to them. Now is the time for the light to shine forth in tremendous glaring light into the dark world.
Remove all those things that are used to block your light from shining in our souls in its full glory. Now is the time for You to shine brightly into our lives. Lord, now is the time for your light to shine. We are accountable but often live irresponsibly.
We have resources but no understanding how to distribute those resources. Prayerĭear Father in Heaven, we have the light but those around us are in the darkness. To open our eyes and make necessary changes in our hearts and lives to enable God's glorious light to brightly shine in and through our lives to those around us. (Isaiah 60:1-5).ĭ) Transforming Our Societies (Isaiah 60:3-5) Then you will see and be radiant, And your heart will thrill and rejoice Because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you, The wealth of the nations will come to you. Your sons will come from afar, And your daughters will be carried in the arms. Lift up your eyes round about, and see They all gather together, they come to you. ∺nd nations will come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising. ∿or behold, darkness will cover the earth, And deep darkness the peoples But the LORD will rise upon you, And His glory will appear upon you. ≊rise, shine for your light has come, And the glory of the LORD has risen upon you. He is the Light that shines in every Christian life. We of course this light is not ourselves in our best moods or modes, but the light that comes from God when He sent Jesus Christ into the world. No matter how black the darkness and difficult it seems to shrug it off, one needs only think of how turning on a light can bring a whole change to the dismal situation. The theme of light shining in darkness is the most powerful message to give to such hopeless people. They have no where to turn, nothing they can do to change the circumstances of their lives to where it is livable. Hopelessness is a common description of broken people.