This morning we are pointed to the words of Ambrose of Milan, who was the Bishop of Milan in the fourth century:
Dawn's glory gilds the earth and skies, let him, our perfect Morn, arise, The Word in God the Father one, the Father imaged in the Son.
It distills, these and probably more:
Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”
To this I will add one more.
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
As you worship this morning, understand that God being the source will never have a shadow. No darkness anywhere will overcome His light. That said, we live in a very dark world that desperately needs to see the dawn.
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