Witnessing Light (12/17)

As new beginnings find you in this week or in this season, may you experience God's steadfast faithfulness.

Our text this coming week sticks with John the Baptist, but from the Gospel of John's vantage. In this Gospel, we get themes of light and darkness, with John pointing to Jesus as the light coming into the world.

A lot like us. How are we shining the light of God this week? Light, not sourced in us, but reflected in us?

Here are our texts for the week. Reflect on their words, on their interconnections, and on what God wants to say to us through them.

Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11

Psalm 126

1 Thessalonians 5:16-24

John 1:6-8, 19-28

My prayer for us: God of light, shine on us. Illumine the darkness so that we might see truly and walk in certainty by Your statutes. Show us Your glory. In Jesus' name, Amen.