Light up the Sky
At Second Baptist Church we’ve been slowly working through the book
of John and I do mean slowly. I was talking to Becky, Wednesday night
after church about some of these verses we had been going over in church.
I’m going to share the first five verses quickly and then get back to
that conversation.
John 1:1-5
“In the beginning the Word already existed. The Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
He existed in the beginning with God.
God created everything through Him, and nothing was created except
through Him.
The Word gave life to everything that was created, and His life
brought light to everyone.
The light shines in the darkness and the darkness can never
extinguish it.”
Wednesday night I was telling Becky, at my lowest point when I got
most depressed I had been praying often for a purpose and I can tell you God
used the rising of the Sun each day to reassure me that if the Sun was still
shining He wasn’t done with me and there was a reason to go on.
In verses 1-5 it talks about the Word and that’s another name for
Jesus and we find that confirmation in verse 14.
“So, the Word became human and made his home among us. He was
full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen His glory, the
glory of the Father’s one and only Son.”
This blog has always been about hope being found in God’s Word.
But you see the Bible is alive and to read it you interact with Jesus
because he is the Word in human form. We all need hope and light and
Jesus is that. There’s a song by a group called The Afters called Light
up the Sky. Sometimes we need to stop and look up and remember that the
very God who created us and the world around us is very much a masterful
artist. This is what the song has to say about all this.
“When I’m feeling all alone with so far to go
The signs are nowhere on this road
Guiding me home
When the night is closing in
Is falling on my skin
Oh God will you come close
You light light, light up the sky
You light up the sky to show me that you are with me.
No, I can’t deny that you are right here with me.”
John 1:5 said, “the Light shines in the darkness and the darkness can
never extinguish it.” Some of you need to take a step back from your busy
life and look to the sky and see where God is allowing the Sun to shine each
day and remember he’s not done with you.
Also Casting Crowns took a hymn and made it more of a modern song in
2009 to remind us of all this.
“One day when Heaven was filled with his praises
One day when sin was as black as could be
Jesus came forth to be born of a virgin
Dwelt among men, my example is He
Word became flesh and the light shined among us
His glory revealed.
Living, He loved me
Dying, He saved me
Buried, He carried my sins far away
Rising, He justified freely forever
One day He’s coming oh glorious day.”
We just went through a time of Christmas where the people of Israel
were expecting a savior in a time of darkness, and it was proclaimed by Angels
to lowly shepherds. Each day God gives us a sunrise and lights up the sky
to give us a reset element for a new day and a fresh start to remind us there
is still Hope and Hope is a person named Jesus Christ.
Psalm 19:1
“The heavens are telling the glory of God; and their expanse is
declaring the works of his hands.”
Philippians 1:6
"For I am confident 0f this one very thing, that He who began a good
work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus.”
I want to flip the script a bit for a moment. I work at night. I have told you, a few times during the blog to
go outside and look at the sky. When
most of you get to see the sun rise and set, I see the night sky and due to the
city lights, I can sometimes see the moon and stars if McDonald’s could just
tone down those Golden Arches a tad bit, I could see more. But I used to live in the country, and we
could see the night sky for miles laying on a trampoline. I long for the dawn and the rising of the sun
and getting home from work. But God has
created a masterpiece day by day for us to see in the sky and He’s not done
with you. I don’t know what you’re going
through but I do know you are loved more than you realize.
Light up the sky by the Afters
Glorious Day by Casting Crowns
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