In this Advent message from Isaiah 60, Pastor Zach Carter invites us to see what the prophet saw: that even when we look into what feels like the deepest darkness, God has already aimed His light toward His people. Like the Hubble and James Webb telescopes that revealed galaxies where we once saw only emptiness, Isaiah peers through the world’s thick darkness and unveils a greater reality—the dawning glory of Christ.

This sermon traces three movements in Isaiah’s vision: the dawning of God’s glory, the invitation of that glory to the nations, and the worship that glory produces in God’s people. You’ll hear how Isaiah speaks to a people tempted to look everywhere but up, how Christ fulfills the promise of light that breaks uninvited into human darkness, and how every believer—whether wealthy or weary, influential or unnoticed—carries that light into the world.

Pastor Zach explores why Christmas is not sentimental brightness but the decisive moment when God tears back the veil and reveals the true Light of the world. You’ll be encouraged to see your ordinary work as a field for God’s mission, to bring your gifts (and even your poverty) before the King, and to align your life with the glory that is already rising among the nations.

Whether you feel the weight of unproductive days, the ache of unnoticed labor, or the shadows of spiritual uncertainty, this passage reminds you that you do not shine by producing your own light but by standing in Christ’s redeeming light. The question Isaiah presses on every listener is simple: Will you walk into the light, or remain in the darkness?

Listen in as we calibrate our hearts to the only glory that endures and the only light strong enough to fill the world.