BAPTIST DEVOTIONAL December 28

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Saturday, December 28
Isaiah 42:1-7

A LIGHT TO THE NATIONS

"… I will keep you and I will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles." Isaiah 42:6, NIV

Light occur about 438 times in the Bible with various concepts. From Genesis 1:3 through Revelation 22:5, it portrays arrays of contrasts. It dispels darkness, symbolises righteousness, gives illumination, stands personified; first, Israel as a nation was called to be light to the Gentiles, then in Jesus as an ultimate Light of the world (John 1:4-5, 8-9; 8:12) and now, the church also, as the light of the world (Matthew 5:14; 1 John 1:9).

Today's passage points to Jesus, the servant of the Lord, author of the New Covenant as an embodiment of light to all nations (v. 6).
Christ as the Light has a divine mandate to:
(a) open blind eyes (physical and spiritual);
(b) deliver the captives;
(c) release the oppressed
(d) shine/beam the light of the Gospel to those in darkness (v. 7).

By extension, every redeemed child of God carries the light of God. You therefore have the mandate to shine in this dark world of sin starting from your little corner.

Prayer Point: Pray that you will indeed be a light to the darkness of this world.