Tag: shine

Just in case you forgot, Isaiah 60 follows chapter 59. 🙂

And in chapter 59, we saw the hope that we have in Christ in this darkened world. That when things were at its worst, when we couldn’t save ourselves, God himself sent Jesus to bring about our salvation.

God, of course, was primarily talking about Israel’s restoration in chapters 59-60, but we see John in Revelation using Isaiah’s words to describe the new heavens and new earth, and particularly the new Jerusalem. (Isaiah 60:3, Revelation 21:24; Isaiah 60:11, Revelation 21:25-26; Isaiah 60:19-20; Revelation 21:4, 23; 22:5)

All of this is the hope we have.

And so the words God spoke concerning Jerusalem and the Jews, he speaks also to us.

Arise, shine, for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord shines over you. (Isaiah 60:1)

I just felt God telling me this morning, “Hey, don’t get all down from all the darkness that you see in this world. Don’t get discouraged by all the evil you see, by all the hopelessness and brokenness of the people around you.

“Get up! Shine in this world! Shine the hope that you have. And as you do, people will come out of their darkness into my light.”

Father, help me to shine today.