Zechariah 9 & 10 -- What A Doer and a Blesser!

Want to be impressed with how God will intervene for His people?  Read all of the “I will’s” in these chapters!  Look back with 20/20 hindsight to see all of the references to Jesus in these chapters – both for His first Advent and for His triumphant return.

I had during an earlier study written in some other Bible verses that were echoed in these verses.  In 9:10, God talks about taking away Israel’s chariots and horses, which reminded me of one of the key verses from Experiencing God – “Some trust in horses, some trust in chariots, but we trust in the Lord our God.”

In 9:12, “You prisoners who have hope, return to your place of safety” reminds me of Psalm 91:  “God is my refuge” and following that, it says, “Today I am telling you that I will give you back twice as much as before.”  That reminded me of God’s promises to “restore what the moth has eaten” and His words in Malachi about opening the storehouses of heaven.

But the thing I loved the best was 10:6, where God said, “I will strengthen … and save … I will bring them back, because I care about them.  It will be as though I had never left them.”

Just think of what that last sentence would entail!  God would either have to go back and redo time to make the leaving never happen, or else He would bless them so much and draw them so near to Him that the entire memory and history of the exile and captivity would be wiped out in their minds!  They’d be so blessed that they’d never have a chance to recall being apart from Him!

Father, Your sovereignty is so awesome, as is Your ability to bless!  These verses remind me of how You’ve changed my life by drawing me so much closer to You and blessed me by restoring what the moth had eaten of my spiritual life, giving me two boys that are the joy of my life.  And like what I just described, I can’t even remember a time without them!  Thank You for helping me to trust in You and nothing else!

Your Brother In Christ,

Gary Ford