Wayne Weekly “Rise and Shine…Your Light has Come”
Written by Wayne Taylor on October 20, 2017
This morning on our “Mornings” program, host Don G. aired the song Rise and Shine by artist and songwriter, Andrew Peterson.
We hear that expression regularly. How many kids were greeted to the day with Mom’s voice melodically declaring, “rise and shine”? Probably a good number.
In light of the Christian life, “rise and shine” can take on a much more significant meaning.
Yes, when we rise up in the morning we can remember “this is the day the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it”, and that’s an act of the will, not based upon how we feel emotionally. I often have to remind myself of that.
But beyond the “getting up each day”, God gives us the spiritual resources to “rise and shine” positionally and even experientially.
Firstly, as “new creatures in Christ”, we are inhabited by the Holy Spirit of God. That gives us the ability to “walk in the Spirit” and not to “fulfill the desires of the flesh”. We also have God’s intervention in our lives for direction, “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go, I will guide you with my eye”. And we also have Him as a constant companion, “I will never leave you or forsake you”.
I could go on and on.
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“Rise up and shine, for your light has come. The shining-greatness of the Lord has risen upon you. Isaiah 60:1
