the Third Week after Easter
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Daily Devotionals
John Gossner's Treasury
The Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. Thy people also shall be all righteous. Isaiah 60:19-21.
Here all things are forever changeable; now joy, now sorrow. Now we walk in the light of the midday sun in perfect peace, in blessed nearness to the Lord; again all is dark and a black cloud hides from us the nearness of the Lord. Sin breaks loose upon us and threatens to devour us. We journey here as weary wanderers in a strange and dangerous land, which is filled with robbers and murderers. We long for our home-country where only the righteous dwell; where ’’mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace ’have kissed each other" (Psalms 85:10); where the sun shall no more go down, and where the Lord shall be our ’Everlasting light. " Still we might even here enjoy more lasting quiet, and a more undisturbed peace, if our eyes were turned more to Him who shines as the everlasting sun in our soul, who is our light even in the midst of darkness (Micah 7:8). It is only the fickleness of our heart and the weakness of our faith which cause this change in us; we do not remain unchangeably in our Savior who is forever faithful and unchangeable. He who believes in Him has the unchangeable comfort, which always sustains his courage, ’’The Lord shall be unto us an everlasting light."
Like the sun’s reviving ray,
Make Thy love, with tender glow.
All our coldness melt away,
Warm and cheer us forth to go,
Gladly serve Thee and obey
All our life’s short earthly day!
