Isaiah 60:1-2 – Rise and Shine!
Now that the Redeemer has come, light arises, shines forth for the people of God. Think of a beam of light, seen from afar, beaming down through a hole in the dark clouds. What is this light? It is He Who is the Light of the World! It is He who lightens the understanding, Who gives spiritual eyes to look to Him. It is He who brings out of the darkness of death and into the light of life. Even as Lazarus, then, was called forth from the grave, so the Redeemer has come and calls us to rise, and to live for Him and for His glory.
Sadly, since the coming of sin into the world there has been deep darkness. The Hebrew here in verse 2 speaks of being in a dense and forbidding fog, lowering and threatening. Those wandering and groping about in it think that they see well. They claim to have light, even “new” and “progressive” light, to be enlightened, but they proceed onward into deeper and darker ways. By grace we have received the true Light. We must not recede from it; we must hold to it no matter how the world tries to entice or force us. The time shall come when the world sees God’s light upon us.
Questions
- Who is the light of the world?
- What does the world think is light?
Prayer Points
- Pray that we would hold fast to the light of Christ.
- Use prayer points from your congregation.
- Pray for family matters.