- In that day, declares the Lord of hosts, every one of you will invite his neighbor to come under his vine and under his fig tree. Zechariah 3:10 – The mission we have today from God is no new mission. Long even before the birth of Christ we have passages like this given to the people of God telling them that when the Branch, the Messiah, comes all will invite his neighbor to come and rest under Him. That is still our message and mission today. Tell your neighbor that Jesus, the Branch, has all they need and they can find peace and life in Him. God’s mission hasn’t change from the beginning. He wants His people to come to Himself. Lean into that mission today however, whenever, and with whomever you can. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1117
- And the angel said to those who were standing before him, “Remove the filthy garments from him.” And to him he said, “Behold, I have taken your iniquity away from you, and I will clothe you with pure vestments.” Zechariah 3:4 – What’s happening for Joshua the priest, the one whose filthy garments are being removed, is a picture of what takes places when we give our life to Jesus. We come dressed in filthy clothes due to our sin, yet Jesus still welcomes us in to His home. All those accusing and coming at us Jesus pushes them out of His presence and looks at us instead of listening to them. He takes off our filthy clothes and puts on us new, pure clothes. We are purified and made holy when we give our life to Jesus. And notice nothing in the cleansing process Joshua did, it was all God. So it is with us. God isn’t asking us to achieve some level of holiness on our own before approaching Him, He is inviting us into His home even in our filth. He welcomes us but doesn’t leaves us in our filth, as any good father would do. So come, refusing to allow your filth to hold you back from Jesus. He is ready for it and ready to make you clean. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2112
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