So I woke up with this sudden inclination that I should go read Zechariah..not to be confused with Zephaniah in any way…
” ‘Return to me,’ declares the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will return to you’ ” 1:3
I’ve been having a kinda selfish week–where I consciously realize I could be more seeking after God’s own heart than I was. Priorities… When you’d just rather sit there obsessively working on hobbies rather than being useful to God… well, time for some prayer for a change of heart right?
” ‘Shout and be glad, O Daughter of Zion. For I am coming, and I will live among you,’ declares the Lord” 2:10
Praise God and his love. When I got home last night, that whole making pancakes for God story email Mandy had sent me earlier that day just echoed in my heart. “God, I love you so much” and ohh man, how much God loves me, even when I do make a mess of everything or… He’ll be there waiting for me to come back to him and rejoin in his love.
“This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘they will be my people, and I will be faithful and righteous to them as their God.” (8:8)
Ohh, just praise God. “so will I save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid, but let your hands be strong.” (8:13)
“I will strengthen…I will restore…because I have compassion…for I am the Lord their God….rejoice in the Lord” (10:6-7)
God’s promise to believers… “I will refine them like silver, and test them like gold. They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘the Lord is our God.'” 13:9