I Am the Lord Your God (part 8)

Praise God from whom all blessings flow. It is God, who decides from where and from whom is His church. In Mark 16:18, where He talks about the miracles and being able to cure the sick and recover from incredible odds, that does not come from the technology of men but the workings of the LORD. In all things, He purposes me to bring people to Him, so that they can come to know His wondrous works, His miracles, things that I could never do. A few years ago, I had spectacular flowers from day lilies to rose bushes to chrysanthemums, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. I didn’t do this. God did it. All I did was plant. But the colors were so beautiful, I couldn’t have done that on my own. This is His miracle. His triumph. He has set up a Holy Mountain and a Jerusalem that all will come to and all will bend their knee to Him, in a much greater way than we could ever hope to imagine. Zechariah 2:10,11 says, “Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.” And again in Zechariah 6:15, “And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.” And again in Zechariah 8:20-23 says, “Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: and the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, ‘Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also.’ Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. Thus saith the LORD of hosts; in those days it shall come to pass that ten men shall take hold of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying ‘We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with You’.” These are prophesies not of the rise of the Jewish nation as many are wont to say, but these are prophesies for the formation and growth of the Bride of Christ. Of the miracle that God works among all nations to bring all to Himself in Christ. This is God’s will that all shall come to Him. Zechariah is predicting that God wants us to be joyous in Him. LORD GOD, may I truly see Him for what He is, a loving great God that wants all to come to Him, so much that He sent the flesh of Himself, God with us, Emmanuel.