- For the household gods utter nonsense, and the diviners see lies; they tell false dreams and give empty consolation. Therefore the people wander like sheep; they are afflicted for lack of a shepherd. Zechariah10:2 – Listening to the wrong voices leads us to affliction, emptiness, and being lost. This was the reality of God’s people then and is the reality we face still today. When the wrong voices are what’s guiding us we’re going to end up far from where we need to be. Understand this and have compassion when we interact with people who are unbelievers. They just haven’t had the right voice speaking into them; they’ve been led by bad “shepherds” like we see in this chapter. Be a voice that shows God has a new path available to them. Show them that no matter how far off they’ve wandered God can lead them back. He did this in Zechariah and He can do it today. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1124
- I will make them strong in the Lord, and they shall walk in his name,” declares the Lord. Zechariah 10:12 – For a people who had been scattered, abused, and despised, hearing that they would now find themselves strong once again would have been so rejuvenating to their spirit. That God was going to restore them to their former glory and beyond. That blessing would once again be in their story. That their name would move from being despised to being honored. The Lord was going to make them strong once again in Himself. Why? So they once again could walk in His name. God was lifting them up, restoring their name, blessing their story, all so they could once again follow His voice and find the promised life they could so easily have in Him. God’s heart for you is to make your story strong in Him too. All so you can boldly walk in His name. So you can live, speak, serve, and love in the way that God in His word has called you to. Yet, we can take the strength God gives and use it to pursue self and sin instead. What a waste that would be though. We are blessed with strength but we use that to run away from the one who provided the strength. Use then whatever God pours into your story to draw closer to the One who is pouring into you. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2119
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