The Son has Risen

UV 3234/10000 The Son has Risen


His splendor is like the sunrise. Rays shine from His hand, where His power is hidden.

Habakkuk 3 v 4

Jesus is called the Daystar, not without reason for He is the Sun of Righteousness. In His death and resurrection, true and absolute righteousness dawned in our lives. Hence, every day we can say to ourselves, “Today is the day of salvation ( not damnation, not for curses, not for sin, not for failures, not for sulking, not for anger, not for sadness, not for complaining, not for speculating, not for day dreaming, not for conflict, not for strife, not for discontentment). It is the day to enjoy the blessings of the Lord, to experience His resurrection power that is hidden in His hands but flows to all who gladly believe and receive Him. It is a day to rejoice. It is a day to celebrate. It is a day to praise, thank and worship the Lord. Today is the day to enjoy fellowship with God, not tomorrow or day after or after a few years. We no longer have to postpone our happiness. As long as we know Jesus is shining on us and around us, we can be joyful.

Rays of healing, rays of power, rays of grace, rays of enlightenment, rays of inspiration, rays of blessing pour forth unceasingly from the presence and from the hands of the Lord. Satan and his agents on Earth had assumed that the Sun of Righteousness had been eclipsed forever by His death on the cross, a sinner’s death. Yes, there was a hiatus or gap in the eternal existence of Jesus as His body lay in honour in the rich man Joseph’s grave. But as He had taught, the Seed of God, the Seed of Eternal Life had to die and then come to life for the complete salvation of many, as many as believed and received Him into their hearts. The price had to be paid so that we have the prize of eternity that our hearts and souls long for.

We are now overcomers of darkness as we bask in the Light of the Saviour, as we savour His grace, bathed in the rays of His glorious presence and power. No longer have sin, death, curses, shortcomings of human nature have the capacity to hurt us permanently. Death being the sting in the tail of the enemy of our souls and it being overcome, our hearts sing, our minds rejoice as we partake of the everlasting pleasures and treasures at the right hand of the Lord. The Lord no longer hides the secrets of heaven from us but reveals it to us, one by one, as often as we need a particular key. He delights in revealing and manifesting His splendor in us and through us.