ARISE AND SHINE!

 

For he creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.

                                     ( Roman 8:19 ESV)

More than ever, the Lord is calling for the rising of his sons and daughters. Christ is the light of the world and being  in Christ makes you a light.

This light isn't dependent on competence but rather the willingness to go, the willingness to embrace the uncommon, the willingness to embrace the unfamiliar.  The world is groaning to see you stand up. To rise and take up the

baton and run the race set ahead of you with patience and endurance.

You have got all it takes. In Christ, you have all that pertains to life and godliness and the calling forth isn't limited to the pulpit but to all the sphere of influence. You are a light and have been created to be a voice. A voice to the world, a witness for Christ.

He has taken you through the wilderness. The wilderness didn't kill you. You didn't just survive, you thrived. He didn't allow you to settle because of the many waiting to see you breaking the norms and the standards of the world.

The standard is Christ. Yes! Christ. He paid it all that all men may be subject to the dictate and the lordship of his father. You are a light, you are dead to self and now risen with him.

Abraham left his Father's land  for the unknown

David stops being a shepherd of sheep to become a king.

Now, is the time to sit at his feet and arise. Arising to the newness of his system, Arising to the newness of his power.

Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and thick darkness the peoples; but the Lord will arise upon you, and his glory will be seen upon you.

And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising

                                    (Isaiah 60:1-3 ESV)