This Little Light of Mine

# 388 - Today's Prime Time Devo comes from: 1Sa 29:2, “And the lords of the Philistines passed in review by hundreds and by thousands, but David and his men passed in review at the rear with Achish. (1 Sam 29:2) I want to spend one more day on the concept of a rear guard. Do you want God to have your back? Then listen to what He says in Isa 58:8, “The glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.” So how do we get there? First of all, the glory of the Lord is usually associated with an overpowering brightness, and in this portion of Isaiah, I think we can make the connection between God's glory and the fact that we are to be the “light of the world!” Listen to the connection beginning in Is 58:6, "Is this not the fast that I have chosen: To loose the bonds of wickedness, To undo the heavy burdens, To let the oppressed go free, And that you break every yoke? 7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, And that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out; When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not hide yourself from your own flesh? 8 THEN YOUR LIGHT SHALL BREAK FORTH LIKE MORNING, then, Your healing shall spring forth speedily, And your righteousness shall go before you; The glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard. 9 Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer; YOU SHALL CRY, AND HE WILL SAY, “HERE I AM.” "If you take away the yoke from your midst, The pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness, 10 If you extend your soul to the hungry And satisfy the afflicted soul, Then YOUR LIGHT SHALL DAWN IN DARKNESS, AND YOUR DARKNESS SHALL BE AS THE NOONDAY. 11 The LORD will guide you continually, And satisfy your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You shall be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail. 12 Those from among you Shall build the old waste places; You shall raise up the foundations of many generations; And you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach, The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In. 13 "If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, From doing your pleasure on My holy day, And call the Sabbath a delight, The holy day of the LORD honorable, And shall honor Him, not doing your own ways, Nor finding your own pleasure, Nor speaking your own words, 14 Then you shall delight yourself in the LORD; And I will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth, And feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father. The mouth of the LORD has spoken." That's quite a long list, but it's what the Holy Spirit wants to work in each one of us because it is these things that reflect the very glory of God. Father, let Your light so shine through me!