GOD HAS COME TO US

"The people who walk in darkness will see a great light" (Is. 9:2), so said the prophet. One might think he was speaking to twenty-first century USA when he proclaimed these words.  Actually he addressed them to a culture that existed seven hundred years before Christ.  It's just that even though the calendar is always moving forward, the human heart has stayed pretty much the same.

           

The preacher was right when he said, "There is nothing new under the sun" (Ecclesiastes 1:9).  Darkness is still darkness whether it is surrounding ancient Israel or modern America.  People refuse God now as they refused Him then, and brokenness of the human heart is the one consistency that seems never to change with time.

           

There is no way adequately to express the joy of knowing that a great light has come to penetrate the darkness and to bring hope and healing and comfort into the human story.  God has come to us in Jesus, bringing to us love, acceptance, forgiveness, understanding, and peace.  Those who personally know Jesus will affirm this great promise.  It is available to everybody, though.

           

In the darkness there is a light, the very light of God.  Jesus.  Immanuel.  God with us.  "In Him was life, and the life was the light of men" (John 1:4).  "Wonderful Counselor…Mighty God…Eternal Father… Prince of Peace" (Is. 9:6).  "The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world" (John 1:29).             

           

Embrace the Light, Enjoy the joy, and pass the Good News on to others.   "The times, they are a changing" (Bob Dylan).