Read: Isaiah 60:1-62:5; Philippians 1:27-18; Psalm 72:1-20; Proverbs 24:11-12
Today’s reading is a word for America and for Israel. God wants us to rise and let our light shine because we are suppose to be a nation that other nations look to and see the light of God. We are to send missionaries all over the world and be a beacon of truth. We are to be the land of the brave and the free so let’s start believing this and living it.
Of course, this is also speaking to Israel and it will be the place of God’s sanctuary. Those that despised it will bow down and call it God’s city. There will come a day when there will not be any violence in the streets of Jerusalem. This has to be good news to them. God will restore Jerusalem to be his home.
In Isaiah 61, Isaiah proclaims his mission in life which is a Messianic prophesy about Jesus’ mission also. Jesus read from this very passage in the temple in his own home town in Luke 4:18 but left out the line that said “the day of the vengeance of our God” because he did not come to bring vengeance. Jesus came to bring healing and grace. This is our mission on the earth also: to bind up the brokenhearted, proclaim freedom for the captives, release from darkness the prisoners, and preach the good news to the poor.
Paul told the Philippian church to live their lives in a way that brings honor to the Lord. We do this by the way we treat other people and how we look after their interests as well as our own.
I pray that one day, America will be a land married to the Lord. The Psalm today is also a word for our nation. Put our presidents name in place of “king” and pray this over him. This Psalm is his destiny; Lord let it be. May we be a people who rise up and let our light shine and bring healing and grace to the land.
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