Two thousand years have passed since God’s Servant ascended and the angels’ message proclaimed: “He will come again even as he has promised.” Every year the message is repeated in preaching and teaching, and still people don’t get it. The Lord restrained his final cry to humankind for a long time, not wanting that any should perish, but come to a knowledge of the truth and be saved. And still the Lord waits as the message of the Messiah continues to be proclaimed. It was pretty much the same way as it is today. But by and large, people ignored these messages and chose for themselves the light and guidance of humanity, not realizing the darkness in which they dwelt. Then He sent messengers out to proclaim His message. If we were to put it in terms of time which we can understand, it was over 3 millennia, three thousand years, since the fall of Adam until the time of Isaiah’s prophecy. Patiently He waited, seeing the blind condition of man and his struggle. The Lord held back his cry to humanity for a long time. It was, I’m sure, with great patience that the Lord waited with sinful humanity until the timing was perfect, just right to reveal his light. Isaiah proclaims God’s message regarding his Servant who would bring light to the world centuries before Jesus was born. The Lord waited patiently until the timing was perfect. How God does that is the point of focus today.ġ. Only when the light of God’s servant enters into our life are we blinded to the darkness of sin and enable to see in the light of Christ. Sin brings about injustice, arrogance, pride, and is a prison house that keeps us separated from God’s light and life. It makes us spiritually dim like the smoldering wick of an oil lamp that needs more fuel and oxygen to make it burn brightly. Sin weakens us and makes us like spiritually bruised reeds that need support and love in order to exist. That blindness leads to a myriad of problems that confront us every day. We are all faced with the spiritually blinding power of sin, even from the moment of conception in our mother’s womb. It’s a spiritual light that dispels spiritual darkness and sin.

It’s a light that effects our life in much more positive ways than a traffic signal.

Today we want to think about a different kind of light. And, wait, patiently still, until it turns green again! When we see a yellow traffic light we are supposed to wait patiently as it turns red. Have you ever noticed how our life is affected by lights.

Blinded by the light meaning