Each day is a new day, and today can be better than yesterday. We can get off on the right track, have the right frame of mind, feel better, receive joy, and believe amazing things can be done. This may be the day of the Lord’s return. Just as the dawn brings dew that provides life to soil and vegetation, the Lord brings deliverance that provides new life to the dead of the earth.

The reason for the singing in Isaiah 26 is because of the return of the Lord. They are celebrating the Savior and the day of the Lord’s favor. The righteous were waiting after a long difficult period brought on by corrupt rulers who had led them to destruction. They were snakes in the grass. Con men, scammers, and bad leaders that had bitten them. Delivering their poison to society. That’s why it’s best to be up high on Father God’s shoulders so you can see them slithering in the weeds next to the path.

My grandparents had a farm north of town, and when I would go to the farm with my dad and granddad when I was young. I remember one time walking along a path up to the tank. The weeds were high on each side of the path, so dad put me up on his shoulder. Walking along, my grandfather yelled out, “snake” and all were warned so no one was bitten. It was a big water moccasin snake near the pathway. If I were not on my dad’s shoulders, I probably would have been running ahead along the path and the snake would have bitten me.

Lord, it’s the dawn of a new day. We let the Light in with joy as the antidote to the lethal poison of original sin results in things like hate, lying, and crime. We are thankful that it is a new day, and we’ve started out on the right tract with the right frame of mind. We have total peace because You are with us and for us. Amen.

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