- And this shall be the plague with which the Lord will strike all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths. Zechariah 14:12 – Ok, I hear you, what a disgusting verse to end the year with! But my hope is that you feel the disgusting nature of this verse. I read a commentary over this passage and it shared that this scene is showing on the outside the death and decay that sin creates on the inside. We don’t like thinking that our sinfulness is really causing any problems within our life, but if the death that sin brought to us was as clear on the outside as the inside we’d be appalled by our actions rather than trying to justify them. While those in Christ are purified and are given life, sin can still bring death and decay into your story. Death in relationships, death of your witness, death in your desire for God. Let 2020 be a different story than that. Let the sin that’s hidden away on the inside be cast out and handed over to God this year. Let’s live alive for God. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1128
- And every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holy to the Lord of hosts, so that all who sacrifice may come and take of them and boil the meat of the sacrifice in them. And there shall no longer be a trader in the house of the Lord of hosts on that day. Zechariah 14:21 – I read this about our passage from the Enduring Word Commentary…”In the glory of the Messiah’s kingdom, what was previously common is made holy; the holy is made holier and the irreclaimably profane is forever shut out. At the end of it all, there is no longer any distinction between the holy and the profane. All is set apart to God and His purposes.” Everything will be made right and holy in God’s kingdom. Take heart when it comes to the unholiness of our world today. It can be so discouraging to see the profane so present and having such power. Listen though to the words of our Lord. The profanity will end someday and God’s holiness will win. God will deal with the sin and the enemy once and for all and in His future kingdom all will be pure and right. Exist today knowing the future is better and seek how you can bring this future glory into today. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2123
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