Zech 1:14b,17b, "My love for Jerusalem and Mount Zion is passionate andScholars in Jesus day did not recognize His first coming. When they were tested by the wise men as to their knowledge about where the King was to be born, they did well ... in Bethlehem. But they totally missed seeing Jesus. My thinking is that they did not know the God of the Bible.
strong...the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem as his own."
They studied about God, but missed Him.
Are we doing the same? Might we be unprepared for Christ's second coming because we study about God but fail to walk with Him? If we truly follow Jesus, the spotless Lamb who was slain for our sins, we eagerly look forward to His coming back as the mighty King.
I was deeply touched by reading Zechariah chapters 1 through 4. I am trying to understand what God has given us here in relation to our times and the Lord's return. I want to avoid carnal hype about end times. Hype produces fear; love for God dispels fear.
Looking forward to Christ's coming is a living faith that rejoices in that truth even
when we find ourselves in difficult circumstances. Jesus is our example.
"Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its
shame." (Hebrews 12:2b NLT)
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Prayer is fundamentally about humility. If we don't pray, and don't see the need to pray, we are saying we don't need God. If we don't need God; obviously we feel pretty confident we can handle everything or anything alone. Prayer is saying, "I need you" and "Your will be done". If we wonder why God wants us to pray, I suppose that is the bottom line; He is waiting for us to reach the end of ourselves and admit, "I need you, God." I wonder how many of are prayers are quite as honest as that.
By the way, Bill, I am not so sure about the "pink". It looks like a breast cancer website! Or maybe you feel that people will be tickled pink when they read Curious Bible.
John W
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