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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