Day Star part 1
I'm kind of obssed with love. Y'all knew that, right? I'm convinced that love is the be-all, end-all. The Alpha and the Omega. The beginning and the end... and everything in between. And God is love, right? You can't talk about one without talking about the other. But there are a few other pictures, or descriptions, or God in the Bible. God is Spirit. God is a consuming fire. And, my personal favorite, God is light. Because when the light shines, you can see things clearly. You can see things the way they really are. In the bright light of day. The new day. Which dawned on the cross. And when I say, "the cross," I mean the whole process of Jesus dying and rising again. The Six Steps (Crucified, Died, Buried, Quickened, Raised, Seated) He took to the throne. Because its a new day for a New Man. Look at 2 Peter 1:19, "We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts." The day star. Jesus. God in the flesh. Love in a body. God in your flesh. Love in your body. And the phrase "day star" there is number 5459 in Strong's Greek Concordance. It means, "light bearing (phosphorus), that is, (specifically) the morning star." Basically, the light that shines during the day. The sun. The SON. Which is how Jesus refers to Himself in Revelation 22:16, "I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star." The star that rises in the morning in order to make the darkness flee. And, like I always say, light beats dark ever time. Its not even a contest. If you're in a dark room and you turn the light on... you aren't in a dark room anymore. Done deal. And when the light is shining, you don't have to stumble around trying to make your own way. "And he spoke a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into a ditch?" (Luke 6:39). And, listen, I realize there's a difference between being blind and not being able to see. But there's not a very big difference. That was one of the miracles Jesus chose to perform most--He opened people's eyes. Even spitting in them, and making mud balls. Whatever it took to help people see. Even being lifted up from the earth as a sacrifice for all to see. Bringing about that new day. The Sabbath day (that Jesus is) where everything is revealed to be in Divine Order. And did you notice that its all Jesus? He is the bright morning star. He is the new day. He is the New Man. He is the Spirit, the consuming fire, the light... the love. Love is what lights up the darkness. Love is the new day. Love is who the New Man operates in the new day. Seeing clearly is seeing love everywhere you look. But it doesn't come with an external source. It doesn't come from without. It comes from within. God living in us. Living though us. Living out of us. Living as us. The love inside coming out as we fill ourselves with what we've already been filled with. Letting God love us so big and so hard that we can't help but love each other in the same way. That's what happens when the day star arises in our hearts!