‘Arise,
shine; for your Light has come... the Lord will be your everlasting
Light’ (Isaiah 60:1,19-20). We thank You, Lord, that Your Son, Jesus
Christ is ‘the Light of the world’. When we
‘follow Him’, we ‘will not walk in darkness’. We ‘will have the light of
life’ (John 8:12). We are living in difficult times. We are surrounded
by much darkness. Help us, Lord, not to become discouraged - ‘the lamp
of God has not
yet gone out’ (1 Samuel 3:3). When the darkness threatens to overcome
the Light, may we take encouragement from Your Word - ‘The Light
shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it’ (John
1:5). When the darkness seems to be everywhere, help us to put our trust
in the
Lord - 'The Lord is my light and my salvation - whom shall I fear?' May
‘Your Word’ be ‘a lamp to our feet and a light to our path’
(Psalms 27:1; 119:105).
Lord, help us never to think, “We are blessed because we are obedient.” Help us always to say, “We are blessed because You love us and Jesus died for us.” Your love for us, Jesus’ death for us: This is where the blessing comes from – and it’s where our obedience comes from! We think of Your great love for us. We think of Jesus, crucified for us. We say, “Lord, You love me. Help me to love You.” We say, “Jesus, You died for me. Help me to live for You.” This is how Your blessing comes to us – You show us how much You love us, You put Your love into our hearts, the obedience grows stronger – and so does the blessing!
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