Wednesday 5 Nov 2014

November 5: Zechariah 3:6-10

Key Verse: Zechariah 3:8
‘Hear, O Joshua, the high priest, You and your companions who sit before you, For they are a wondrous sign; For behold, I am bringing forth My Servant the BRANCH.

Devotion:
Have you ever had to direct traffic, show people where to park or something similar? Standing in the middle of a road and trying to get a huge car to go someplace they are not going can be a bit daunting. I know it is the driver who should be in charge of the car but the though does go through your head that they are in a car and you are in the middle of a road! But still they listen and they drive where you tell them, mostly…

As Christians we should be like that. We should be the parking attendants trying to get people who are on a crash course to nowhere to change direction and try and be reasonable. If you are brave enough to get it right and stand up and direct properly, then people are going to listen and you will get the job done. We should be standing up and telling people that they need to know Christ and allow God to change their ways. The ways of the world may well get them some place, but it will probably not get them to the proper place.

We are not Christ. We are not angels. We are not God. We are just people like the rest of the other people, but we are willing to take a step out there into the road and make a difference. God has told us that Christ will return. We know that he has already been, just as the prophets were told that He would come. In this verse Christ is called the BRANCH.

We have been given direction, instruction and the ability to do what is required of us just as the people were given instruction in the days of the prophets. We must not ignore what Christ has told us otherwise we will be doing what the Jews did – they ignored the instructions from God and had to serve the consequences. I know God does not threaten us, but when He asks us to do something, we should be doing it!

Points to Ponder:
Do you get intimidated by the world?

Remember who God is!