Rise and Shine

WORDs of Saving Grace - rise and shine

Isaiah 60:1  Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.

Ever wonder where this term originated - "Rise and Shine"? The Word of God, like many other coined phrases is the sole source.

This is however a Spiritual application rather than time to get outta bed!

We have the light of the world and that is the Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ! And because He is in us we shine! In Him is no misunderstanding, confusion, evil or darkness at all!

John 8:12

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

Matthew 5:14

Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

1 John 1:5  This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

If Moses shined from being in the presence of God to record the law which condemned us how much brighter do we shine because we are not only in His presence, but He is in us!

2 Corinthians 3:7-9

7 But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away:

8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious?

9 For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

One day the concealed glory of Christ will shine through us like never before. His glory in us will no longer be concealed by the vail of this flesh. And all because He arose in His glorious body!

Philippians 3:21  Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

Matthew 13:43  Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.