God wants you to claim your promised land

Wed, Dec 16th 2015, 10:07 PM

"God wants you to claim your promised land  Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee."
- Isaiah 60:1

Who can dispute that this is indeed good news, for not only this time, but for times to come. Who is it so steeped in darkness would and could not appreciate the light coming their way.

Some weeks ago, because of a malfunctioning engine, the whole city was plunged in darkness. Many are not aware how important the workers are at the electricity corporation until their homes and business places are plunged into darkness. Not only that, how much thought is given to the make-up of the engines and their function, and so I salute the workers at the corporation not for this time alone, but down through the years, for how well do I remember in the stillness of the night, the sound of the engines at Abundant Life Road. I was in Wilson Tract.

It's Christmas time in the city and VAT is not holding back citizens from releasing funds to spruce up for the greatest birthday celebration -- that of our Savior and Lord, Jesus Christ. Isaiah is called the Messianic Prophet because he was so thoroughly filled with the idea that Judah was to be a Messianic nation to the world; that is, a nation through whom one day a great and wonderful blessing would come from God to all nations.

The call of true prophets is to warn, pronounce, announce and proclaim -- from then on the onus lies on those who are the hearers and have the choice to do or die. God's people had returned to their city and tried to rebuild it and the temple, but something was missing. Their hopes and dreams had not been brought to reality. Despair and frustration began to set in. Isaiah arose to reassure his people and call them to national attention. God was going to act for them.

The darkness of despair and defeat would cover the earth, but God would shine his glory upon them, so that the light of his glory would attract the nations to Jerusalem. The nations would bring the remainder of the exiles back to Jerusalem and also rich tribute to rebuild the city in all its glory.

There was one thing the people of Zion had to accept -- the foreigners must come to worship at the temple, and God would accept them; so this event would, at the same time, glorify the people of Zion and Zion would never have to shut her gates in fear. Rather, she would have to keep them open 24/7 to accommodate all the traffic bringing her gifts. Any nation that did not join in the procession to Zion would be obliterated from the earth. We're marching to Zion, that beautiful city of God.

God's marvelous new day of salvation would not be a passing fancy, but be eternal. All would come to pass so that Israel might know God and rest assured that he was her savior, not her silencer. Salvation would be so complete that Zion would no longer have to depend upon unpredictable natural phenomena for her weather and light. God's glorious presence would outshine the sun, so that darkness would be no more. But this would only be possible if the people themselves must be totally different.

People and not things are a part of the proper order of God's universe and in order for the land to be healed and become new there must be a confession of sins and wrong doings. For the light to be effective, darkness must be expelled. Why even Santa is doing a thorough check to see who is naughty and who is nice, so he would not go down the wrong chimney.

This Christmas, God wants a people called Bahamians to be able to claim their promised land forever, without worry that an enemy might take it away. The Bible is the only book of instant replay. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be. As was promised to our father Abraham, so is the promise to you and me.

Whatever event of healing, blessing, financial outpouring, miracles, instances of lost and found, dead situations being resuscitated and brought back to life, elimination of plagues that create social chaos, restoration of relationships, prodigal sons and daughters returning back to the family fold, widows walking the aisle once again to become Mrs. Boaz and orphans social status being upgraded to queen. Put fear away and aside for the good news is arise, shine for thy light is come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.

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