Let Christ be our Light
Isaiah 9:2-7
When I awoke this morning the song “Christ, Be Our Light” began playing in my mind. This song was sung during our service this past Sunday’s “All Saints Day” at our church. The Sunday in which we celebrated the life of those that had passed, during the past year, from earthly life to life eternal into the light of Jesus.
The passage for this Fourth Week of Advent, Isaiah 9:2-7, was also in the background of my mind. So how do the two relate to the other?
Isaiah was a Prophet that lived some 700-800 years before Christ was born. His prophecy for the people at that time was that their darkness and despair would become light by the coming of the Messiah. That the Messiah would be a child born to be: Isaiah 9:6-7 ESV 6“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.”
This message from Isaiah is the same today. In the song “Christ Be Our Light” it speaks to the needs we all have in our life. A way out of the darkness, looking for truth, for peace, and for hope. It speaks of the needs that all people have; for food, for warmth, for shelter, to belong and be accepted.
Isaiah’s answer then as now is to “Let Christ the Messiah”, be the Light that ALL can see. We are to be that Light through our servanthood to all. Using the gifts, we have been given to serve others that are in need or searching. Just as those Saints that passed to life eternal this past year. They shared their gifts and love for all, they shared their Light of Christ for all to see.
As we yearn for the darkness in our lives to be lifted, for peace to rein, look to the one that will guide us through our life and one day we will sit with him and all the saints before us in heaven. As in the refrain, paraphrased. “Let Christ’s light shine through our hearts, shine through the church.”
Pray,
Father God thank you for sending your Son the Christ to be our Light to the world. Thank you for walking among your people to show us the way to serve. We are not perfect people but through your unconditional love we strive to be the best we can be. We pray for all those in the darkness that we can be a light to lead them to Christ, so that they too will be a light for all. We thank you for all those Saints that have gone on to life eternal. May we follow their example of serving and loving others. Father may this be our prayer through your son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit now and forever. Amen.
Fred Herr
When I awoke this morning the song “Christ, Be Our Light” began playing in my mind. This song was sung during our service this past Sunday’s “All Saints Day” at our church. The Sunday in which we celebrated the life of those that had passed, during the past year, from earthly life to life eternal into the light of Jesus.
The passage for this Fourth Week of Advent, Isaiah 9:2-7, was also in the background of my mind. So how do the two relate to the other?
Isaiah was a Prophet that lived some 700-800 years before Christ was born. His prophecy for the people at that time was that their darkness and despair would become light by the coming of the Messiah. That the Messiah would be a child born to be: Isaiah 9:6-7 ESV 6“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.”
This message from Isaiah is the same today. In the song “Christ Be Our Light” it speaks to the needs we all have in our life. A way out of the darkness, looking for truth, for peace, and for hope. It speaks of the needs that all people have; for food, for warmth, for shelter, to belong and be accepted.
Isaiah’s answer then as now is to “Let Christ the Messiah”, be the Light that ALL can see. We are to be that Light through our servanthood to all. Using the gifts, we have been given to serve others that are in need or searching. Just as those Saints that passed to life eternal this past year. They shared their gifts and love for all, they shared their Light of Christ for all to see.
As we yearn for the darkness in our lives to be lifted, for peace to rein, look to the one that will guide us through our life and one day we will sit with him and all the saints before us in heaven. As in the refrain, paraphrased. “Let Christ’s light shine through our hearts, shine through the church.”
Pray,
Father God thank you for sending your Son the Christ to be our Light to the world. Thank you for walking among your people to show us the way to serve. We are not perfect people but through your unconditional love we strive to be the best we can be. We pray for all those in the darkness that we can be a light to lead them to Christ, so that they too will be a light for all. We thank you for all those Saints that have gone on to life eternal. May we follow their example of serving and loving others. Father may this be our prayer through your son Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit now and forever. Amen.
Fred Herr
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