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Unto you that fear My Name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in His wings.
Malachi 4:2

Just as the sun rises in the east and gradually mounts up into the meridian sky, dispersing with every ray light, warmth, and gladness; so this blessed Lord Jesus, as the Sun of righteousness, is ever dispersing the beams of His grace and the rays of His favor; and whenever those beams come, and those rays fall, there is light and life, and everything to make the soul holy and happy. Now a man would act very foolishly if, wishing to have light in his room when the sun was shining at noonday, he should shut all the shutters, and strike a match to give him a little light for a few moments. Let us not then be so foolish as to look for happiness or comfort in our own performances when the glorious Sun of righteousness is at the right hand of God, and shining thence upon believing hearts.

But when the veil is over the heart, it is like shutters in a room—there is no light to show who, what, or where Jesus is. And then need we wonder that men strike a light and make a fire, that they may “walk in the sparks of their own kindling?” But what is God’s Word against all such? “This shall you have of My hand, you shall lie down in sorrow” (Isaiah 50:11).

To the reader…

Whoever seeks light and comfort in his own works, his resolutions and his piety, is as foolish as someone who closes the shutters at noon and strikes a match to have a little light. The Sun of righteousness stands at the right hand of God and shines from there upon believing hearts. Whoever wants to walk in the sparks of his own light will lie down in sorrow.

But is there a veil over your heart, so that you do not see where or who Jesus is? Do not despair, but bring it honestly to the Lord. The promise holds for those who fear His Name: “Unto you shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in His wings.” Just as the sun slowly climbs and spreads light and warmth with every ray, so He can bring light and life into your soul with one beam of His grace. Open the shutters to Him.

With warm regards,
The compilers of jcphilpot.nl