Zechariah 10:1-11:17; Revelation 18:1-24; Psalm 146:1-10; Proverbs 30:33
Hi, my name is Sarah, and I'm really enjoying the minor
prophets this year. (embarrassed smile)
Whew! That's out of the way! Seriously,
though, it does feel like a weird sort of confession - to be moved by the
general doom-and-gloom of these books. Here's why I'm relishing their
words: because always and forever, there is planned restoration and redemption.
Yesterday, we saw it with the description of Jesus' far-off triumphal
entry into Jerusalem (Zech. 9:9), and today we see it tucked again in the midst
of Zechariah's words.
"I will strengthen the house of
Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them
because I have compassion on them. They will be as though I had not
rejected them, for I am the Lord their God and will answer them"
(Zech. 10:6, emphasis mine).
"I will strengthen them in the Lord and in
his name they will walk" (Zech. 10:12, emphasis mine).
Even as the prophet describes the revoking of God's favor
and the destruction of Israel's union (see Zech. 11:10, 14), there is
always and always a plan for God to redeem and bring back his people.
I am so grateful for this. I'm grateful for it in
my own life, as I experience hurt and pain. I can know that God is yet good
and trust in his desire and ability to strengthen me so that I might walk in
his name.
I'm grateful for it in the world around me. No
matter how defiantly my loved ones resist the call of God in their lives, I can
know that God is yet good and trust that he has not given up, not checked out,
not resigned himself. He is eager and ready to restore.
What good news!
- Sarah Marsh
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