"Rise and Shine"

"Rise And Shine"

"In the morning, as the sun comes up, my head goes down in contrition to God.  In the evening, when the sun goes down, my hands goes up in adoration to Him.  The morning and the evening dictate to the day."  (a quote of Pastor Kenneth Phillips)  (Genesis 1:5)  It's a thing called worship; it is the "changing of the shifts" for the angels of God; and it is a God induced paradox:  we bow to climb; we raise to lower   ... you'll see   ... it is "Rise And Shine!"

"For from the rising of the sun even unto its setting,

my name shall be great among the nations; and in every

place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a

pure oblation: for my name shall be great among the 

nations, saith Jehovah of hosts." 

(Malachi 1:11)

Sunrise ~ Sunset, The name of the Lord shall be praised.  The sun comes up, and our heads bow to the Holy One of Israel.  It is in "bowing" that we RISE;  it is the humility that takes us to flight; we are never as "high" as when we kneel low; the treasures are not one step above the other, but they are one step below the other (Pastor Kenneth Phillips); the mindset of God is puzzlingly mysterious and an unfathomable paradox to the so called rational human mind.  But, the Bible states that we should have the mind of our Lord Jesus Christ.  (Philippians 2:5)  How is that possible?  Yes, through the power of the Holy Ghost!  When we are filled with the Spirit of Jesus Christ, the Holy Ghost; we can grow to think like Him, see like Him, walk like Him, talk like Him  ...  LOVE like Him; we desire to be with Him, sunrise and sunset  ... And, up is down  ...  down is up, becomes very sane, indeed!

"God called unto him out of the midst of the bush,

and said, Moses, Moses.  And he said, Here am I.

And he said, Draw not hither: put off thy shoes from

off thy feet, for the place where thou standest is

   holy ground."

(Exodus 3:4-5)

The bush was a flaming fire, but it was not destroyed; it was illuminated.  The  Spirit of the Lord is referred to as "The Holy Ghost and fire," and it is all consuming, and all illuminating!  Moses bowed before the Lord in the midst of the burning bush and was told to take off his shoes.  The lower we bow in the posture of obeisance, the more we realize the utter and complete holiness of Almighty God, and the higher we climb into His realm of wisdom.  The burning bush was a flaming example of the covenant maker and the covenant keeper, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and his intention to deliver the Israelites from Egyptian bondage.  On our knees, bowing low, we are more able to see a compassionate God, a promising God; and we readily have reverence and fear (ultimate respect) for Him.  When we are prostrate before the Creator of the universe, we RISE to behold Him!

"The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down,

and hasteth to his place where he arose."

(Ecclesiastes 1:5)

Even the sun, going down, can't wait until it rises again!  But, what happens when it goes down?  Darkness!  Herein, we come to the "Shine" part of Rise and Shine.  One definition of 'shine' is to "appear clearly; to be obvious."  "But it shall be one day which is known unto Jehovah; not day and not night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light." (Zechariah 14:7)  The world is in an "evening time" in terms of disasters, trouble, wars, threats, upheaval, torment, terror, and economic woes such as we've never seen.  One definition of light is: "GOD."  In the evening time, there shall be light  ... or "God will be clearly seen or obvious!" 

There is every reason to rejoice because, when the sun comes up, we bow to "Rise," and the "flame," the Holy Ghost gives us our orders for the day; then when the sun goes down, we raise our arms in adoration, worship and praise, which brings down the blessing; it lowers the "shine," or God becomes obvious! 

We bowed to rise and we raised our arms to lower His light!  It's a paradoxical Sunrise ~ Sunset  ...  "Rise and Shine!"

                                                       

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ProomiseLand Chruch, Austin, Texas, Pastor Kenneth Phillips)

{Thank You, Pastor, for sunrise/sunset Wisdom!}