What Your Life Can Truly Be

Isaiah 60:1-3

Arise, shine; for your light has come,
    and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
For darkness shall cover the earth,
    and thick darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will arise upon you,
    and his glory will appear over you.
Nations shall come to your light,
    and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

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Shining star for you to see, what your life can truly be
Shining star for you to see, what your life can truly be
Shining star for you to see, what your life can truly be

"Shooting Star" recorded by Earth, Wind, and Fire written by Maurice White, Larry Dunn and Philip Bailey from the album "That's the Way of the World"

This scripture is another which is read during Epiphany. It could be seen as a reference to the risen light the wise men followed to Judah. When the light appeared the Lord rose. How's that for a wonderful image. They came together.

The world was dark, the world was covered in the darkness of time. Then the light rose and the glory of the Lord arose. When the Lord arose his glory rose along with him. As his glory rose the gentile, the pagan kings came amd met the young Lord Jesus. These men from the nations came to see his light. They came to see the brightness of his dawn. From there, they took his name back to their nations.

The hope to see what our lives can be is a multi-billion dollar industry. It's medical. It's psychological. It's physical. It's spiritual. Shining star for you to see, what your life can truly be.

What's amazing about this Grammy award winning song by Earth, Wind, and Fire is the way the chorus ends. As the song ends, the music begins to die out. The pieces of the band drop out a couple of instruments at a time. Shining star for you to see, what your life can truly be.

But when the last line is sung, there are no instruments. It's just the singers. The last three lines are done wonderfully and simply. But that last line, sung a Capella, takes away all of the gloss and all of the shine. It takes away all of the luster and all of the polish. Stripped down, it gives a real look at what the light of the Lord can really look like. Shining star for you to see, what your life can truly be.