"Behold, a King shall reign...[and He] shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a shelter from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land." Isaiah 32:1, 2
In the immediate and literal sense, these verses speak of the Messiah's final coming and victory over all His people's enemies. Christ, however, is all these things regardless if they have been actualized in a literal sense or not. Even this day, Christ is our shelter from the howling and storming noise and lies of the enemy and the world. He is the sustenance and strength of our souls. These things are just as much realities today as they will be one day when the whole world recognizes them.
Also inherit in Christ's presence is this: that which is right is kept right (vs. 3) and that which is wrong shall be exposed as wrong and set right (vs. 4-8). In short, the presence of Christ is the presence of truth. There is no more confusion or deception; no more calling evil good and good evil. One day the whole world will be affect by such a thing; but as for today, we who have the life of Christ within us live in the reality of truth. We cannot escape it. We may try and bury it under heaps of lies and excuses, but we cannot escape the living truth that burns within us. Besides, it is apart of our life to let that living truth shine forth, not hide it under a bushel basket.
"All that You will be,
Is all that You are now;
And all that You are now,
Is all that You've made me.
Let that Light so shine..."
-Jon Vowell
In the immediate and literal sense, these verses speak of the Messiah's final coming and victory over all His people's enemies. Christ, however, is all these things regardless if they have been actualized in a literal sense or not. Even this day, Christ is our shelter from the howling and storming noise and lies of the enemy and the world. He is the sustenance and strength of our souls. These things are just as much realities today as they will be one day when the whole world recognizes them.
Also inherit in Christ's presence is this: that which is right is kept right (vs. 3) and that which is wrong shall be exposed as wrong and set right (vs. 4-8). In short, the presence of Christ is the presence of truth. There is no more confusion or deception; no more calling evil good and good evil. One day the whole world will be affect by such a thing; but as for today, we who have the life of Christ within us live in the reality of truth. We cannot escape it. We may try and bury it under heaps of lies and excuses, but we cannot escape the living truth that burns within us. Besides, it is apart of our life to let that living truth shine forth, not hide it under a bushel basket.
"All that You will be,
Is all that You are now;
And all that You are now,
Is all that You've made me.
Let that Light so shine..."
-Jon Vowell
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