The Light Promised

This powerful message confronts us with an uncomfortable truth: before we can experience the light of Christ, we must first acknowledge the darkness we're living in. Drawing from Isaiah 8 and 9, we're challenged to see how ancient Judah's struggles mirror our modern world—cultural confusion, fear-driven politics, spiritual compromise, and human self-reliance. Isaiah doesn't sugarcoat the reality: Judah had kept their 'high places,' those pagan altars they refused to tear down because it wasn't politically correct. Today, our high places look different—they're the screens we turn to for identity, the algorithms we trust more than revelation, the secret sins we hide in darkness. But here's the hope: God speaks light into existence before we even know we need it.