December 23 "The Morning Star Arises" 2 Peter 1:19

Live. Love. Long for this Morning Star, this Light shining in our Darkness.

The law discovers our disease but leaves us there.  No cure in the law.  But these promises.  They are sure.  They are true.  We celebrate Christmas, a baby born who is the Savior of the world.  The cure for our sin-sick soul.  Pay attention to this prophetic word made sure.  A lamp shining in a dark place "until the day dawns and the Morning Star arises in your hearts."  2 Peter 1:19.  Beside ourselves, if we truly see this Light displacing our darkness.  Live it, love it, long for it.  He is coming again to dispel all the darkness.  Forever.  So, pay attention to this lamp shining in a dark place until the day dawns.  Until, today, this day, this Morning Star arises a little more than yesterday.  And if in any way, we know not what to do.  Turn to these Promises in faith.  The Lord knows how to rescue you from whatever you face today. 2 Peter 2:9.  Big or small in your book. Light comes.  Turn these promises into prayers.  Arise, O Morning Star!

PRAYER FROM PSALMS
Father, we pray the beautiful sure prophecy of Psalm 22 that David wrote one thousand years before it happened.  You sent the Lord to rescue us.  A Savior was born.  The same One David mentions in this psalm.  May this Light that came into our world then, and now, shine in deep dark places in my heart this day.  You promised.  We pray.