LIGHT IN DARKNESS

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, upon them a light has shined. (Isaiah 9:2 NKJV)

 As every one is affected by the first man, Adam, so every one has a direct claim upon Jesus Christ, the second Man, whose death and resurrection and ascension affect us all. He is the Light who has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Because Christ lay upon Mary's breast, and was cradled in her arms, we have been delivered from darkness, and it is possible for us to climb, by the staircase of His cross, over angels, principalities, and powers, to be seated with Him on His throne of glory.

"Unto us a Child is born!" He is wonderful, because in Him the most marvelous extremes meet. He is the Babe just born, but He is the Ancient of Days who fills space. He grows in knowledge, but in Him are stored the riches of eternal wisdom. He hangs in mortal agony upon the cross, but He gives life to uncounted myriads. He is laid in a borrowed tomb, but He lives for evermore, and death has no power over Him!

He is Counselor. Tell Him your heart's problems. Ask His counsel, and He will not mislead thee. He is the Prince of Peace, and "of the increase of His government" over new regions of the inner life, over new departments of the soul, over new openings, out of your existence, the increase deepening, heightening, widening, of the increase of His government as the years pass, there shall be no end, because the soul of man is infinite, and it will take eternity to bring out all the meaning of the Empire of Christ over our nature.

What is your reply to the claim of Christ? I urge you today to humbly put the government of everything that concerns your life upon the shoulders of Christ, and then you will find the joy and peace will increase. Such joy as thou hast never known! Such peace as has never before uttered its benefits upon your heart (Isaiah 9:3).

PRAYER

We thank You, Father God, for the Son of Your love; for all that He has done for us, and will do; for all that He has been to us, and will be. We know that He holds us in His strong hand, that He loves us with a love that cannot let us go that we are one with Him in a union which nothing can break. In His name I pray, AMEN.

God's Daily Promise

Promise #339:
I am your God and you are the sheep of My pasture.

Psalm 100:3 (WEB)
Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his.
We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.