Looking To The Lord Jesus

Therefore justice is far from us,
and righteousness does not overtake us;
we hope for light, and behold, darkness,
and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.  Isaiah 59:9

It's Friday, is this the most cheerful verse I could find for today? Darkness and gloom? There are those times on the Earth when we have but one direction to look: to our Lord Jesus. For those who believe in the Lord Jesus it is easy to know which times those are. We call them 'all the', as in all the time we look to our Lord Jesus. However, for those who do not yet believe, they may need a time of darkness and gloom to remind them of the hope of the world, our Lord Jesus. It was in  darkness that the lands of Galilee of the Gentiles saw a great light. (see Isaiah 9:1-2). The dark of night as the shepherds watched their sheep was broken by the light of Heaven streaming down to the Earth. And in a time of census and taxation, confusion and travel, a couple could not find a place to stay at the inn in Bethlehem. A time of great change perhaps not unlike our time right now, and from this time came the hope of the world, our Lord Jesus. 

We  hope for light, and the Light of the world has come! Quit beholding the darkness and look to our Lord Jesus!

Bucky