The light of God

Isaiah 60:1

“ARISE [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you — rise to a new life]! Shine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord), for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you!” AMP

The above Scripture indicates that you can only rise out from under the circumstances of life when your light has come. This means when you have been brought to a place of depression or prostration you need light to be able to come out from under that circumstance. But what is this light? 

2 Peter 1:19

“And we have the prophetic word [made] firmer still. You will do well to pay close attention to it as to a lamp shining in a dismal (squalid and dark) place, until the day breaks through [the gloom] and the Morning Star rises ( comes into being) in your hearts.” AMP

The above passage refers to the prophetic word as a light(lamp) that shines in a dark place. In John 1, it also calls the Word, Light and this light shines in the darkness. When you are in any negative situation, it is like being in darkness and what can bring you out is light. This light comes to you in the form of a prophetic word or a rhema word as some will call. 

What is this word? It is the word spoken to you by God through His Spirit for that specific situation. Peter says when you receive such word, it is like a light shinning in a dark and squalid place. But then, you still have to pay close attention to this word until that little light becomes a very bright light that drives out the darkness completely. Pay close attention to it means you do what Proverbs 4 says:

Proverbs 4:20-22

“My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.” KJV

  1.     Give attention to that word, that is, focus on it.

  2.     Put it in your ears, that is, do something with it such that you can hear it with your ears.

  3.     Put it before your eyes also, look at it constantly and 

  4.     Keep it in your heart. How you do this is by meditating on it regularly.