Posts with the tag “zechariah”

Daily Devotional from Zechariah 13—Verse 9And I will put this third into the fire, and refine them as one refines silver, and test them as gold is tested. They will call upon my name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people’; and they will say, ‘The LORD is my God.’Here God is promising the remnant of Israel that He would make them new.God’s promise to the Israelites was completed ...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Zechariah 12--Verse 10And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and pleas for mercy, so that, when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.The Israelites have had a tough go and much of it was brought o...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Zechariah 8--Verse 23The Lord of Armies says this: “In those days, ten men from nations of every language will grab the robe of a Jewish man tightly, urging: Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.” One thing that has become increasingly clear to me as I get older is that people are desperate for meaning, purpose, and knowing they are loved and known by Go...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Zechariah 4--Verse 6Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts."This was the answer given by the angel of the Lord to Zechariah’s request for explanation of the vision of a lampstand, bowl and olive trees.A lamp’s purpose is to provide light in darkness. The bowl would hold the oil (fue...  Read More

Daily Devotional from Zechariah 3— Verse 8b & 9b…behold, I will bring my servant the Branch…and I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day. This prophecy came to Zechariah some 500 years before the birth of Christ, which we celebrate today. “The Branch” is referring to Jesus – a new Branch from the family tree of David. The iniquity (or sin) that God said he’d remove from the land “in...  Read More