BBD 10.31.06 The Dayspring
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10.31.06
The Dayspring
(Originally written and sent 12.13.1998. Rewritten for today.)
Through the tender mercy of our God, with which the Dayspring from on high
has visited us; to give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of
death, To guide our feet into the way of peace. - Luke 1:78-79.
As a parole officer, (before I was a pastor) I would often go into
spiritually dark places. Sometimes it would be into bars trying to find
someone or it would be into homes that were not really homes. Sometimes it
would be to visit or interview someone in jail or prison. The darkness was
so great and is so great in so many lives. Just today there has been much
evil, much darkness in our world. Terrible things have happened today and
today is no worse than yesterday or the day before.
God knew that that there would be evil, that there would be darkness - He
knew. That is why Jesus came to be born in a manger. That is why God Himself
came down from the glories of Heaven to walk upon this earth in flesh. He
came and suffered in our place so that light could come into the darkened
and near death lives of the people on Planet Earth.
If you have ever worked all night, the sun is such a welcome sight. The sun
as it arises seems to give new strength and chases the darkness away. In
Luke 1:78, Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, calls the unborn Jesus
the "Dayspring." Jesus is the "Dayspring" that will chase away the darkness
just as does the rising sun. In Malachi, Jesus is the Sun of Righteousness.
Have you been in the darkness, sitting in the shadow of death itself? Why
not let the "Dayspring" forth in your life and allow the Sun of
Righteousness to bring new light, new life into your heart?
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