The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in Zechariah 12:1,
"A prophecy: The word of the Lord concerning Israel. The Lord, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the human spirit within a person, declares: 'I am...'"
The One who speaks in Zechariah 12 is the One who "stretches out the heavens". He is the One who "lays the foundation of the earth". He is also the one who "forms the human spirit within a person." This is the One who speaks in Zechariah!
Nothing could be more astonishing than the apprehension of, achieving the awareness of the author, the One who speaks through Zechariah! Think about it!!
The One who created all we see, the One who designed and built the cosmos! The One who is responsible for heaven's very existence! This is the One who speaks!
I can look up the latest on a news feed. I can listen to the day's reports on television and radio. I can read books and magazines... yet, I have to question everything I read, everything I see, everything I hear. Not so Zechariah! Nothing in all that it says, the oracles, the visions, the prophecies- they are all directly from our Creator! Contrary to those who are so confused, who refuse to acknowledge what it is our God has to say, who reject the Scriptures as the very words of our God of Creation, everything found within Zechariah and all of Scripture is truthful, accurate, without any error whatsoever, authoritative and that which we will all have to answer to!
I notice that that not only is the author of what is written in Zechariah the Creator of heaven and earth, he also "forms the human spirit within a person". Think about that for a moment. Although we have corrupted ourselves through sin, it is the author of Zechariah who planted within our bodies that which provides us personhood. That which defines what it is that makes us what and who we are. No man or woman is self-made and the act our parents engaged in that actually brought us into being hardly makes them or us what we are. God forms the human spirit!
Unfortunately, though we were designed perfectly by our Creator, we have perverted and corrupted ourselves through the deceitfulness of sin. We have spurned our Creator who has fashioned each of us as he intended (short of the sin in our lives). But, we have forsaken him… yet, although we do not deserve it, he has made a way for us back to him! Our Creator has made a way for us through his Son, Jesus Christ, that we might have a life of abundance, happiness and fulfillment for an eternity, a place at his table!
All he asks of us is to put our faith and trust in him!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
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"A prophecy: The word of the Lord concerning Israel. The Lord, who stretches out the heavens, who lays the foundation of the earth, and who forms the human spirit within a person, declares: 'I am...'"
The One who speaks in Zechariah 12 is the One who "stretches out the heavens". He is the One who "lays the foundation of the earth". He is also the one who "forms the human spirit within a person." This is the One who speaks in Zechariah!
Nothing could be more astonishing than the apprehension of, achieving the awareness of the author, the One who speaks through Zechariah! Think about it!!
The One who created all we see, the One who designed and built the cosmos! The One who is responsible for heaven's very existence! This is the One who speaks!
I can look up the latest on a news feed. I can listen to the day's reports on television and radio. I can read books and magazines... yet, I have to question everything I read, everything I see, everything I hear. Not so Zechariah! Nothing in all that it says, the oracles, the visions, the prophecies- they are all directly from our Creator! Contrary to those who are so confused, who refuse to acknowledge what it is our God has to say, who reject the Scriptures as the very words of our God of Creation, everything found within Zechariah and all of Scripture is truthful, accurate, without any error whatsoever, authoritative and that which we will all have to answer to!
I notice that that not only is the author of what is written in Zechariah the Creator of heaven and earth, he also "forms the human spirit within a person". Think about that for a moment. Although we have corrupted ourselves through sin, it is the author of Zechariah who planted within our bodies that which provides us personhood. That which defines what it is that makes us what and who we are. No man or woman is self-made and the act our parents engaged in that actually brought us into being hardly makes them or us what we are. God forms the human spirit!
Unfortunately, though we were designed perfectly by our Creator, we have perverted and corrupted ourselves through the deceitfulness of sin. We have spurned our Creator who has fashioned each of us as he intended (short of the sin in our lives). But, we have forsaken him… yet, although we do not deserve it, he has made a way for us back to him! Our Creator has made a way for us through his Son, Jesus Christ, that we might have a life of abundance, happiness and fulfillment for an eternity, a place at his table!
All he asks of us is to put our faith and trust in him!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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