- And the Lord answered gracious and comforting words to the angel who talked with me. So the angel who talked with me said to me, ‘Cry out, Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion. Zechariah 1:13-14 – These gracious and comforting words the Lord said was meant to be shared and heard by others than just Zechariah. Such is the case with the gracious and comforting words we have received from God. Of course they are meant for us to take hold of for ourselves, but it’s a message to be shared not a message to be kept. Share then the words you’ve heard. Let the joy you have due to what God has spoken over your life be with others as well. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1115
- Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever? But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? So they repented and said, ‘As the Lord of hosts purposed to deal with us for our ways and deeds, so has he dealt with us.’ Zechariah 1:5-6- Here the prophet is calling the people to look for their fathers who came before them? While it may seems odd for the prophet to ask this question, the purpose is solid. Their fathers were told by God through other prophets about how they needed to turn back to God yet they did not follow those directions. As a result, what God promised would come came and they are no longer around. So where are their fathers? No longer here because they refused to listen to God’s warnings. God wanted a different end for these listeners, just like He wanted a different end for their fathers. What we can takeaway from this passage is that what God says will come, will come. He says in scripture eternal death comes to all who never turn to follow Him. He also says in scripture eternal life comes to any and all who does choose to follow Him. What we get in scripture is a clear view that everything God said would happen actually happened, so we would be foolish to think on this one thing concerning our eternal life/death it wouldn’t actually happen. If then you’ve never made this choice to follow Jesus, please don’t assume God isn’t serious about eternal death. If you were to die today and your story never made the choice to follow Jesus, forever death in Hell is your future. I deeply don’t want that for you and God so deeply didn’t want that end for you that He gave His only Son to die on a cross so that didn’t need to be your ending. Choose Jesus and if you need help in that process please reach out. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2110
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