The Authority of the Light

Isaiah 2:5

“O house of Jacob, come, let us “walk in the light of the Lord.”

Please stop and give thought to Isaiah 2:5, and change Jacob to Church, and ask the Holy Spirit to show you what “walk in the light of the Lord” would look like, and how the world would be changed? 

First, it was an invitation not a command, they, as well as us, have been invited to something much bigger than we can grasp.  Do you recall Isaiah 1:18, “Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.”  Do not let the evil one tell you the invitation was not for you, for Jesus said it was for “whosoever” in John 3:16.  Do you remember Jesus saying these words; “Come to me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”  If you are tired, run to Jesus, for He is the rest you are looking for.

Next, let us look at this light we are invited to walk in, Isaiah proclaims the following; “The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.” (Isaiah 9:2, ESV)  And the apostle John proclaimed in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  John goes on to share with us the following; “In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” (John 1:4-5, ESV)  Or maybe we need to hear from the apostle Paul, “For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” (2 Corinthians 4:6, ESV)

And when we walk in the light of the Lord we will be walking in truth, King David prayed this prayer, and so should we; “Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name.” (Psalm 86:11)  In John’s second letter to the elder to the elect lady and her children, we find this jewel; “I rejoiced greatly to find some of your children walking in the truth, just as we were commanded by the Father. ⁵ And now I ask you, dear lady—not as though I were writing you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning—that we love one another. ⁶ And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.” (2 John 4-6)

Some may be asking, how will that change the world?  When you are under the authority of the light, your life will have the same impact of the life of Jesus, for it will not be you but Christ living in you, and all glory will go to the Father.

From the Back Porch,

Bob Rice