TEXT: Isaiah 60:1-3King James Version (KJV)
60 Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.
2 For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.
3 And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
For everyone who went
into the presence of the Lord with great expectation there is always more than
enough to nourish their souls. Only God is able to transform hopelessness to a
moment of glory and when that is done we must be careful to give Him the glory.
One of the ways we truly give Him the glory is to do all we can to let others
know what He has done for us. We will not be doing well when we allow little
hindrances like tiredness and food to stop us.
With must be bold to defy all odds to make it to the gathering, meeting
or fellowship of God’s people to testify. It will not be to our advantage to
delay the testimony like the case of the nine leapers who knew they have been
healed but went on to the temple when they could have just turned around to say
“Thank You” to Jesus. It obvious that this was the expectation of Jesus because
when the Samaritan, (who was the only one who returned immediately) came back
to him thanked him, Jesus showed his disappointment with the other nine who did
not.
True gratitude is revealed in the way we get excited and testify with joy.
Anything else may make it look like we could have been able to handle the
situation ourselves and that there is nothing special in what the Lord has
done. At some other time, it may just be a reflection of our self-righteousness
or the foolish pride that is in us because we do not want people to know that
we had such problems. Only a grateful soul qualifies for overwhelming blessings
and glory and that is what the Samaritan got, for Jesus added a blessing declaring
him “Whole”. Are you a grateful being? Let God receive all the glory.
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