"Arise,
shine; for they light is come,
and the
glory of the Lord is risen upon thee."
Isaiah 60:1
The
Call comes on this My Day for all who love Me, to arise from earth-bands, from
sin, and sloth and depression, distrust, fear, all that hinders the Risen Life.
To arise to Beauty, to Holiness, to Joy, to Peace, to work inspired by Love and
Joy, to rise from death to Life.
Remember
that death was the last enemy I destroyed. So with death My Victory was
complete. You have nothing then to fear. Sin, too, is conquered and forgiven,
as you live and move and work with Me. All that depresses you, all that you
fear, are powerless to harm you. They are but phantoms. The real forces I
conquered in the wilderness, the Garden of Gethsemane, on the Cross, in the
Tomb.
Let
nothing hinder your Risen Life. “Risen with Christ,” said my servant Paul. Seek
to know more and more of that Risen Life. That is the Life of Conquest. Of that
Risen Life was it truly said: “I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.”
Fear and despair and tears come as you stand by the empty Tomb. “They have
taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.”
Rise
from your fears and go out into the sunlight to meet Me, your Risen Lord.[1]
[1] This
beautiful reflection was discerned by “two listeners” in England in the early
1930s. See A. J. Russell (ed), God
Calling (Uhrichsville, OH: Barbour Publishing, 1998).
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Thanks so much for your input. I pray that this dialogue may be a blessing to you personally and to the ministry you exercise in Christ.
Michael