Rabbi Schneider - God's Glory is Rising Upon You
Remember King David's words? Bless the Lord, Oh, my soul, and all that is within me. Bless His holy name. God is so good. God, You're so good. God, You're so good. You're so good to me. Amen. Isaiah chapter 60 verse two. “For behold, darkness will cover the earth And deep darkness the peoples; But the LORD will rise upon you and His glory will appear upon you.”
So we've got two dramatically different things happening at the same time. Deep darkness is covering the earth, but at the same time, beloved son and daughter of the Lord, that deep darkness is covering the earth, His glory is shining on you, upon me, and upon all His children. So I don't need to say that we're going through dark times right now in the world. Heavy times, times the Scripture says of deep darkness upon the peoples.
But just because the deep darkness is upon the people outside of us, it doesn't mean that you and I are destined to become victims of that darkness. But rather the paradox of it all is at the same time that the darkness is deep on the earth, the glory of God is rising upon you and upon me.