GOD IS FIXING IT ALL | YOUR DELAY IS OVER | Powerful Motivational & Inspirational Video
the word arise means to stand up and straighten up in times of struggle it can also feel like you’re being kicked while you’re down it feels like nothing is ever straightforward or easy it almost makes you not want to try again but when we come out of times like those we find situations of confusion and stagnancy become clearer and paths that we’re once leading with obstacles appear clear and even i feel the word also encourages us that through rising and shining clouded and unclear situations will clear into straightforward god-guided directions into what he is calling us to thick darkness is over the people but god says the lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you the birth of the lord jesus christ is described in the bible as the rising of the sun on a very dark place now when the sun rises surely the darkness disappears now when jesus rises in your life he shines his forgiveness and grace into your life and the darkness of sin disappears and when we feel guilt in our lives guilt from committing a sin guilt from trying to make things right with god even while knowing we can never do enough then we are also trapped in gloom but then light bursts into the darkness of the night and when we learned that jesus was born into the world for the sole purpose of doing what we could not do making everything right between us and god so when we finally stop trusting in ourselves for salvation and start trusting in christ now this is what happened to the magician the wise men from the east these gentiles came from far away land where no one knew about christ when no one knew about the true god who sent a savior and when they saw his star somehow they knew something highly significant had happened and they were willing to go on a very difficult long and sacrificial journey and they left the land of spiritual darkness because they wanted to see and worship the new king of the jews the messiah and finally they saw the messiah there in the form of a little child they saw the light of the world the glory of god and this was what filled them with a spirit of awe and worship they had gone from darkness to light they rejoiced and gave the child who was now their god their gifts from afar and just as the sun rises over every nation and on every kind of people no matter who you are no matter what your background is just as the sun every morning rises on you so it is with christ his grace his forgiveness his salvation it rises and dispels the night it abundantly shines on the jew in bethlehem but also on king herod and the wise men from the east it rises on the drug addict it rises on the homeless person it rises on the prostitute it rises on the orphan it rises on the inmate it rises on every person of race tongue tribe and color it rises on everyone irrespective of their religion it rises on you even if you are powerful and greedy it rises on you even if you’re wise or unwise every person is given the choice to believe in the love of the almighty who gave his son so that we can live in the light and god uses the same yet today so i rise and shine the glory of the lord has come for you too he’s that tiny baby in the manger who came to live and die for you so don’t lose sight of this beautiful savior who still shines on you and gives you his gifts of mercy and forgiveness which are new every morning he still loves you daily and wants to shine all the more on you every day your sins are still forgiven god still calls you his own he still promises to take care of you and bring you to heaven through faith in him and god can still work you to bring others to him through christ and these are the reasons to shine in the midst of darkness so why is it so important that our light has come because otherwise we’ll be sitting in the dark isaiah says so for behold darkness shall cover the earth and thick darkness the people and this is talking about spiritual darkness not about the fact that we have limited daylight at this time of the year spiritual darkness being in the dark about god and about ourselves and about what life is really all about this is the natural condition of mankind since sin entered the world and we’re all just groping around in the dark not knowing where we came from or where we’re going or which is the right path to take even if we know the right way to go we keep wandering off the path and getting lost now that describes spiritual darkness this spiritual darkness shrouds mankind so we need to be called back to the light and that’s what isaiah is doing for us his message reminds us of who we are and who it is that came for us so arise and shine for your light has come and the glory of the lord has risen upon you for behold darkness shall cover the earth and think darkness the people but the lord will rise upon you and his glory will be seen upon you isaiah here is telling us that we have been called out of darkness into the lord’s marvelous light and so we’ve been set apart to belong to the lord and to live as his people we have an identity and a purpose in life do you know that so how do you see yourself do you see yourself as one that has a purpose in life don’t you know that we have a special calling don’t you know that we do not belong in the dark anymore don’t you know that god does not call us sinners don’t you know that we are saved the day you come to the light of this reality your life will change the day you come to the knowledge of truth your life changes so look unto jesus the author and finisher of your faith look unto him for your salvation look unto him for your strength because only he can lighten you up only he can give you the strength to arise and he that gives strength to the weary is telling you this day to arise just as he told the lame man at the gate of beautiful he is telling you again to get up if your life has not been in the best place and you’ve been on the ground for too long he’s saying get up if your marriage has not been in the best place today he’s saying get up if your prayer life has not been in the best place he’s saying get up if your finances has not been in the best places telling you this day to arise i charge you in the name of jesus to arise arise and shine for your light has come jesus this day charges you to arise he wants you to get up because only when you get up only when you arise can you give others the ability to do so only when you arise and shine do you give others the permission to do so if one cannot see you arise if one cannot see you shine for the lord they may not be able to believe in the bible a question was asked how can they believe when they have not heard so how would these people believe how would those around you believe in this god that you talk about if you do not rise and shine so therefore my brother and my sister i charge you today in the name of jesus that you should arise and shine for your light has come it may not be easy but the hand of the savior is stretched towards you today get up arise and shine for the glory of the lord is risen upon you and his glory will radiate to every area of your life your spiritual life your finances your family your career your personal life even as you take that boat step and you take the hand of the savior to arise today i see you shining gloriously i see you being gods too raising men out of darkness i see you being gods too raising men out of infirmity raising men out of inequity raising men out of confusion just as jesus stretched his hand to the man that was lame i see you being god’s too stretching your hand forth and drawing men out of darkness and obscurity may god keep you even as you decide to take his hand god bless you you
