Arise And Shine!
"Arise, shine,
for your light
has come."
Isaiah 60: 1
If you have a room in your house that doesn't
get a lot of sunlight, how do you brighten it up?
Designers suggest putting one or more mirrors
in the room. A good mirror doubles the amount
of sunlight in your room by reflecting whatever
sunlight manages to get in.
Our world is like a dark room right now. To
those unsaved, Jesus is like a bright beam
of sunshine outside their lives. But we are
mirrors that will reflect His light to others.
This is a biblical metaphor.
Jesus said in John 9:5, “I am the light of
the world.” But He also said in Matthew 5:
14-16 that we're light of the world. While
Jesus is the true light, we reflect His
brilliance to a dark planet.
Isaiah 60:1-2 says, “Arise, shine, for your
light has come, and the glory of the Lord
rises upon you. See, darkness covers the
earth and thick darkness is over
peoples,
but the Lord rises upon you and his glory
appears over you”.
Ask Jesus to help you
be a light to this world.
"Christ gives the light, and has
ordained that every ray of it
is
to reflect something for God."
George Wigram