Arise and Shine

(Is 60:1) "Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.

This means at least three things.

Firstly, we should be people living outside the darkness of sin. We cannot live the same lives as the children of darkness.

Eph 5: 8 -12: “For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.  It is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. “

So, secondly, it means that as we are in the light, we should live as children of light. Our lives should be full of the fruit of the light: goodness, righteousness, and truth.

Thirdly, the light of Jesus should be evident in our lives. People should be able to look at us and see the light of Christ in us. This is how Isaiah puts it:

(Is 60:3) “Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.”

For those who do not know Jesus Christ our lives must show that we own something important that they do not have. They must see the glorious light of God’s presence in Christ in our lives, become curious and become willing “to come to our light”.   Even kings, leaders, yes, people with influence and authority will come to the “brightness of our dawn”. Because we carry in us the light that Jesus brought into the world.

This is the thing:  reflect the light of Christ and show others the way to God and to heaven, because you carry the Light of the world wherever you go! 

Arise and Shine!