Get Up.

Without further a due, let’s go straight on the simple yet relevant revelations that I saw in this verse. This are as follows: 

Arise. – What makes you rise up every day in the morning? What gives you the reason to get out of your bed and start a new day? It may be because of your family, friends or your loved ones. Or you want to do something significant or forget the past and start all over again. It may be a hope that something great will happen to you this day. Or you’re one day closer to your success. Whatever the reasons may be, it’s certain that it will not be the opposite and contrary from those reasons that will lead you to get up. We don’t need to be crippled by fear, inferiority, brokenness, discouragement, depression, and prostration in which circumstances have kept us. You don’t need to be stuck by the memories of your past. Rising up is a matter of choice. And that’s what God expects us to do. It is a word spoken in the lines of hope. Every single day is an opportunity for us to arise and see what our loving God has in store for us. Never miss that by not pulling yourself up and stay where you are staying. 

Shine. – I believe that we’re not meant to live just to survive in life. We’re meant also to thrive in life. Therefore, we cannot afford to live in mediocrity. Be the best person that you can be in your sphere of influence. You can stand out beyond others if you chose to be one. It becomes transpired as you decide to live it out day by day. Discipline is formed and faithfulness is produced through time. Tapping on the grace of God gives you the empowerment to conquer every mountains, break every obstacles, and reach your goals. And this time, not on the basis of competition or achievement but for glorifying Him. Also, the only reason why we can shine in this earth is because there is someone who lives in the inside of us that in His life brings light in us. Which leads us to the next phrase. 

For your light has come. - The fact that Jesus, being the light of this world, lives and resides in the inside of us, we are meant to shine. Not only that, we are called to bring light and enlightenment in this darkened world. And imagine if all of us will unite the light that we have, we can make darkness that tries to invade in every area and aspects of life be dispelled. In Him there is no darkness, and as we position ourselves in His light, it radiates us and brings us into the place of revelation that will bring us to clarity and direction and purpose in our lives. 

And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. – That word “glory” in the Hebrew means weightiness that which is substantial or heavy; power, authority, wealth, magnificence, fame, dignity, riches and excellence. We as believers must be the coolest and the greatest people in the face of the planet. We have no reason to settle for less, to live defeated and discouraged lives. Take note that it is risen upon us. The fact that we have Jesus makes God’s glory to be deposited in us. The only hindrance why we can’t experience it is due to the fact that we failed to understand and grasp the reality of the glory that He has bestowed upon us through Christ. We tend to sleep, dim, and let darkness hover in our lives. That must not be so. We can always experience His glory as we purpose it to invade our lives and to become dependent of the Holy Spirit. You can’t help when you are filled with His glory but to move.


We do really like to dwell in the bittersweet caress of our issues as if there is a radiance of glory that we will get from it. But we are not mandated to live like that. Shifting our perspective to what God expects us to do removes all the drama. The only grounds why we can arise and shine in this life is attributed to those things mentioned above. Try to find another reasons from these and it will leave you frustrated and wandering in this life.

We are exposed in an environment where we are susceptible to be bogged down. But when we are committed to this verse that God tells us to do, you are helping yourself to become a conqueror. It does not leave you as a victim in life. You position yourself to become a victor in life.

Oh, by the way, the verse is not conveyed in a requesting manner. It is a persuasive command. :)

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         “Arise, shine; for your light has come! And the glory of the Lord is risen upon you.”

                                                                                                                           Isaiah 60:1