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The book of Isaiah the prophet begins with hard declarations of the sins of God’s people. Then the second chapter opens with a beautiful picture of the glory of the coming reign of the Messiah. No war, no conflicts between nations or people, issues resolved by Messiah Himself. Peace on earth, a glorious time of the Messiah’s reign.
Isaiah then challenged the people of God to live in the Messiah’s reign right then. Instead of waiting for a coming golden age, the prophet tells them in verse 5 “…to come, and let us walk in the light of the LORD.”
To walk in the light of the Lord means to order our lives after God’s truth and God’s ways. The ultimate reign of the Messiah may still be years away, but Jesus can reign in our lives, in our minds, and in our hearts right now. We don’t have to wait for the enforced righteousness of a millennial kingdom to have the blessing that Jesus’ righteousness in our lives provides right now. In Isaiah’s day the people had only their own strength to attempt this.
But now, thanks to Jesus sacrifice, we can. As believers in Jesus, as new creations, Christ in us, and we in Him, we are able, thanks to His power at work in us, to walk in the Light as children of the light for we are no longer of the darkness. Hallelujah!
We don’t have to live a dark, depressing, discouraged life with God. We CAN walk in the light of the LORD. Think of the things that ‘get you down.’ Damaged relationships, money issues, bosses or co-workers, circumstances, guilt, shame? You can respond, react to these ‘dark things’ – certainly the devil would want you to – or, you can make a choice dear friend! In the fashion the apostle Paul wrote in Ephesians 4 and Colossians 3, we, that’s you and me, can ‘put off’ the old way of living in these dark things – and ‘put on’ the new – for we have been set free to choose to walk in the light.
Let’s take advantage of our freedom in Jesus to walk in the light of the LORD! Today dear friend, let’s CHOOSE to NOT walk in the darkness of this world and our old self’s reactions to life, but CHOOSE to walk in the light, His light. The Holy Spirit will guide us into the light.
We are children of the light. So let’s choose to walk in the light, and – COME ALIVE!
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