Just
another sunrise at Yellowstone National Park. A new day is dawning
with all its endless possibilities. Who knows what can happen, for
life is full of surprises. This picture could also represent
something else – an idea. Did to ever try to understand something
but couldn’t reach that illusive goal of comprehension. You try and
try and try, but… nothing. So, you forget about it and later it
comes to you. Perhaps only a little at first and then – Wham; like
that sunrise, you instantly you get it. As I teen I always wondered
what life was all about, but just couldn’t put my finger on what
was out of sync. Then, in my mid-twenties, I finally realized what
was wrong – I had left God out of my life. Eventually, I became a
Christian and I knew what to do with my life; follow Jesus. I had
been blinded, but then I saw all things in their true perspective;
God’s light. Paul wrote to the Corinthian Christians the following
words…
2
Corinthians 4 ( World
English Bible
)
[1] Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained
mercy, we don’t faint. [2] But we have renounced the hidden things
of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God
deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending
ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. [3]
Even if our Good News is veiled, it is veiled in those who perish;
[4] in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the
unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ,
who is the image of God, should not dawn on them. [5] For we
don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as
your servants for Jesus’ sake; [6] seeing it is God who said,
“Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts,
to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of
Jesus Christ.
When
you get it, you really get it, for knowing the truth about Jesus and
his Gospel message of salvation changes everything. Open your eyes
and see, really see, what God wants your life to be like. I promise,
it will be more beautiful than any sunrise you can imagine. You might
even call it a SONRISE from on high!