I love the first 3 verses of this chapter.
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 the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you.
Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn. (Isaiah 60:1-3)
Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
As I read this, I kind of wonder, what does it mean by “your light” and “your dawn?”
It says in verse 1, “your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.”
So does that mean that the nations will come to the Lord who is our light? Or does it mean that they will come to the light that we shine?
I would guess that’s it’s actually both. That as the Lord shines upon us and through us, people will be attracted to him through us.
This world is surrounded by evil and sin, and so people are left groping in the dark, without hope and without God in the world, as Ephesians puts it. (2:12)
But when Jesus came, he was a light in the darkness, a beacon of hope. And now he has put that beacon of hope into our lives, and he calls us to reach out with the light we’ve received and reflect it to the world around us.
It would be so easy to just bask in our own joy, and the salvation and redemption that we’ve received.
But God calls us to shine our lights brightly that others may come to know the same joy that we have.
As Jesus said,
You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.
Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.
In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. (Matthew 5:14-16)
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