Isaiah 49:5-7(TLB)
"And
now," said the Lord-the Lord who formed me from my mother's womb to serve
him who commissioned me to restore to him his people Israel, who has given me
the strength to perform this task and honored me for doing it! "You shall
do more than restore Israel to me. I will make you a Light to the nations of
the world to bring my salvation to them too." The Lord, the Redeemer and Holy
One of Israel, says to the One who is despised, rejected by mankind, and kept
beneath the heel of the world's rulers: "Kings shall stand at attention
when you pass by; princes shall bow low because the Lord has chosen you; He,
the faithful Lord, the Holy One of Israel, chooses you."
You know, sometimes, when I read scriptures
like this I am inspired and my spirit lit up. Why? Because, the Word is Life (1
John 1.1)! In other words, the very character of Life is what the Word of God
is. Have you ever thought about the fact that the very words that created the
universe is what you, as a believer, is born of? Peter reiterated this truth
when in his epistle he said, “Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of
incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth forever.” ( 1 Peter
1.23). He understood what kind of man he was in Christ.
Brothers and Sisters, do you know the kind of
person you are? You can and will know after you are through reading this
article!
Let us go back to our theme scripture.
Firstly, let us consider, “I will make you a Light to the nations of the world
to bring my salvation to them too.” Well, this means that you are a light to
the nations! Nations here don’t mean Canada, Australia or even Nigeria. The
root word actually denotes “Heathen, Gentiles, or simply put, the Sinners”.
That means you are in the world to bring them into the light, your light.
Hallelujah!
It doesn’t matter if everybody (family,
friends, your superiors), hate you or say hurtful things about you! What
matters is what God says about you, Brother, Sister! See what God says, “Kings
shall stand at attention when you pass by; princes shall bow low because the
Lord has chosen you” Dear Jesus! The very thought of it stirs me up on the
inside. The very fact that you are a light, draws the men and materials toward
you, it is called the “The Call of a Soul”. From now on, even as you
contemplate these truths, your life will be changed! And just like what Second
Corinthians 3.18 says, “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the
glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as
by the Spirit of the Lord.”, that means, as you look(meditate) at these Words
from the Spirit of God, you become them. It all depends on you!
I am thinking about the girl that has been
abused by others and has even failed all her life, the boy who has been left
all alone in this world to fend for himself, the woman who is a widow, who has
been abandoned by everybody. Even the man who doesn’t have a Job or a house to
live in. I say to you, Beloved of God, Don’t Give Up! Why? Because, God’s is
with you and He’s said to you that you are a Victor, a Champion, and a
Prosperous Person!
Whyte Gregory
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