Good Morning
All,
Isaiah 9:2; “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.”
I
think that one of the most beautiful times of the day is right before
sunrise. At least in our corner of
paradise, it is the calmest and most peaceful time of the day. The quiet, the lightening of the sky, the stroke
of colors across the sky can be breathtaking.
The other thing about daybreak is that the sun always promises a new
day. It promises new opportunity and new
life.
O Morning
Star,
splendour
of light eternal and sun of righteousness:
Come and
enlighten those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death.
A more literal translation would be “rising sun”
rather than “morning star”. Morning Star
may be more poetic but Rising Sun fits the meaning a little better. The rising sun brings light. It is greater than a star. It is the light that fills the sky completely
with the light of day. It radiance is
seen and felt by everyone and cannot be avoided. Even if you try to hide in the shade, the sun
impacts you. That is what the coming of
Jesus will be like. It will be felt by
everyone. No one will be able to hide
from Him. To those who do not believe, it
will be a terrible event. It will be the
most fearful day of their existence. All
their denial and hatred will be shown to be the evil that it truly is.
But for us, for those who believe, it will
be the glorious start to a new day, to a new life. We no longer dwell in the darkness of sin and
pain and sorrow. We will no longer have
death as the final enemy. All will be
defeated and all will be completely placed under the foot of Jesus and will be
finally and ultimately and utterly destroyed.
With that, there will usher in a new life, a new creation, the recreated
creation. It will no longer be marred by
the pain of sin. This dawning of the new
light will be the end of pain and sorrow and suffering. This new light will be the descending of the heavenly
kingdom to us. We will be living with
all the saints together in glory with Christ as our King and as our Light.
This is
what we wait for, this is what we long for; the return of Jesus as King
victorious. The beginning of the
returned Christ will be the end of darkness and the end of the shadow of
death. Death will be no more. Only joy, peace will exist. We will once again walk with God in the cool
of the morning. The new dawn will emerge
and gladness will fill our hearts and lives.
O
Morning Star, you bring the gladness of your light to us. You bring us new life. Now we have hope; yet soon, very soon we will
have fulfilment. Guide us and protect us
until that day when we will live with you.
Keep us in your arms and keep us safe with you. Be with those who still fear the shadow of
death and live in the darkness of sin.
Give them your Spirit that they may be free from the devil’s
attacks. In Your precious name we pray,
amen.
God’s Peace,
Pastor Bret
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