Zechariah 10
Today’s Passage: Zechariah 10
“Ask rain from the LORD
in the season of the spring rain,
from the LORD who makes the storm clouds,
and he will give them showers of rain,
to everyone the vegetation in the field” (10:1)
In reading Zechariah 10, I am encouraged to lean into the reality and blessing of prayer in my life. Often, I find myself in seasons where prayer comes more naturally throughout the course of my days. Then, there are some seasons where prayer becomes more challenging. In this passage, God communicates that He will save and bless Israel - ultimately through His Son Jesus Christ - so that the World will know the Goodness of God. In Nehemiah 10:6 we are able to rest in the words of God pertaining to prayer, “for I am the LORD their God and I will answer them.” Today, God hears the prayers of His people and desires to draw His people to Himself. Oswald Chambers writes about the purpose of prayer in My Utmost for His Highest, “We look upon prayer simply as a means of getting things for ourselves, but the biblical purpose of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.”
Whenever we are calling on God, is our ultimate desire to know Him deeper? This is a question that I want to leave us with today as we desire to follow after the Good Shepherd - Jesus Christ.
I want to challenge us today to wrestle with the following questions:
1) Do I live a life of prayer?
2) What season of my life do I tend to pray the most often? What does this reveal about my heart towards God?
3) This week, how can I pray in such a way that my heart is postured before God with the humble cry - “God, I want to know you deeper.”?
Written By: Steven Thompson
“Ask rain from the LORD
in the season of the spring rain,
from the LORD who makes the storm clouds,
and he will give them showers of rain,
to everyone the vegetation in the field” (10:1)
In reading Zechariah 10, I am encouraged to lean into the reality and blessing of prayer in my life. Often, I find myself in seasons where prayer comes more naturally throughout the course of my days. Then, there are some seasons where prayer becomes more challenging. In this passage, God communicates that He will save and bless Israel - ultimately through His Son Jesus Christ - so that the World will know the Goodness of God. In Nehemiah 10:6 we are able to rest in the words of God pertaining to prayer, “for I am the LORD their God and I will answer them.” Today, God hears the prayers of His people and desires to draw His people to Himself. Oswald Chambers writes about the purpose of prayer in My Utmost for His Highest, “We look upon prayer simply as a means of getting things for ourselves, but the biblical purpose of prayer is that we may get to know God Himself.”
Whenever we are calling on God, is our ultimate desire to know Him deeper? This is a question that I want to leave us with today as we desire to follow after the Good Shepherd - Jesus Christ.
I want to challenge us today to wrestle with the following questions:
1) Do I live a life of prayer?
2) What season of my life do I tend to pray the most often? What does this reveal about my heart towards God?
3) This week, how can I pray in such a way that my heart is postured before God with the humble cry - “God, I want to know you deeper.”?
Written By: Steven Thompson
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