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Tuesday... These are dark times, aren't they?


Tuesday... These are dark times, aren't they? So how is it going for you?

But look at this verse. Psalm 112:4 (NLT) says, "Light shines in the darkness for the godly." That maybe is exactly what you needed to hear today. The same verse in The MESSAGE says, "Sunrise breaks through the darkness for good people."

I was reading this morning in Matthew 2 of the wise men who came to see the baby Jesus. For them and Joseph and Mary, Jesus' earthly parents, the birth of this child was a long awaited time but it was also in a time of great darkness. But in this time of darkness there was a star, a light that appeared to the wise men and they followed it and found the child. Now why did they see the star? Because they were looking for it.  "Light shines in the darkness for the godly."

Now there was an evil man who was king over this city where Jesus was born, He was greatly disturbed when he heard from the wise men about this child. And he told them, when you find him come back and tell me where he is. He didn't want to see him, he wanted to kill him. It truly was a dark time. 

Look at these verses. Matthew 2:9-10 says, "Instructed by the king, they set off. Then the star appeared again, the same star they had seen in the eastern skies. It led them on until it hovered over the place of the child. They could hardly contain themselves. They were in the right place at the right time." And then verse 11 says, "They entered the house and saw the child in the arms of Mary, his mother."

Then verse 12 (NLT) says, "When it was time for them to leave, they returned to their own country by another route, for God had warned them in a dream not to return to Herod." He was the evil king.

Now the story goes on, Verse 13 says, "After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. 'Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother,' the angel said. 'Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him.'"

And the angel appeared again in verses 19-20, "When Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt. 'Get up! the angel said. 'Take the child and his mother back to the land of Israel, because those who were trying to kill the child are dead.'" Verse 21, "So Joseph got up and returned to the land of Israel with Jesus and his mother."   

I don't know what you are going through but the Psalmist writes, "Light shines in the darkness for the godly." "Light shines in the darkness for the godly." If you are a follower of Christ that is you. "Light shines in the darkness for the godly." 

I don't know how the light will appear to you but it is there. The NIV says, "He has caused his wonders to be remembered; the Lord is gracious and compassionate." Remember, that same God is here in your darkness. Just reach out to Him and He will shed His light on you. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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