- And he said to me, “What do you see?” I answered, “I see a flying scroll. Its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits.” Zechariah 5:2 – So the scroll was depicting the coming judgement of God on the sinfulness of the nation. It flying meant that the judgment was going to be swift in its coming. One commentary I read over this said how much more likely would people turn to God if the judgment on their sin was as visible as a giant scroll in the sky blocking out the light of God’s grace. While we don’t have that scene happening, our sin is still seen by God and will be judged. Thankfully we have Jesus who gives us the offer of God’s grace and forgiveness. Just know if you haven’t taken that offer you need to. Maybe God’s judgment of sin isn’t visible now, but it will be. Take a hold of the forgiveness He’s offering to you when you can. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 1119
- Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, “Lift your eyes and see what this is that is going out.” And I said, “What is it?” He said, “This is the basket that is going out.” And he said, “This is their iniquity in all the land.” And behold, the leaden cover was lifted, and there was a woman sitting in the basket! Zechariah 5:5-7 – Understand we are reading prophecies here so while the language used is odd to us, it all had a deeper meaning. Basically we have the woman who is the people of God who are deep in their sin and just content to dwell there (basket equals sinfulness, which is why the woman is sitting in the basket). There are many layers to all this that a short devotion can’t fully dive into, but we can seek to be compare this passage to our story? Are we content sitting in our basket of sin? God has made it clear in His word that anything that pulls us away from Him or divides our devotion to Him He wants far from our story. Yet is there something like this that should be far from your story yet instead you’re sitting in the middle of it? Let’s choose today to get out of the basket. God is inviting us to stop dwelling with sin and dwell with Him. I love you, but Jesus loves you more – Mac – Daily DEVO 2114
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