The Glory In Your Midst

 

I will be a wall
of fire around you

and the glory
in your midst

sing and rejoice
O daughter of Zion

for I’m coming as I
promised.

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I can sing and rejoice for You are with me.

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“I will be a wall of fire all around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.”

” ‘Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion! For behold, I am coming and I will dwell in your midst,’ says the LORD.”

Zechariah 2:5,10 NKJV

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Zealous

 

You are zealous
for Jerusalem

comforting her
again

showing her
great mercy

building Your house
within.

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I am zealous for Jerusalem, for You are with me.

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“I am zealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with great zeal.”

” ‘I am returning to Jerusalem with mercy; My house shall be built in it,’ says the LORD of hosts, ‘and a surveyer’s line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.’ “

“My cities shall again spread out through prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion, and will again choose Jerusalem.”

Zechariah 1:14,16,17 NKJV

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Great Mercy

“Now Elizabeth’s full time came for her to be delivered and she brought forth a son.”  Luke 1:57 NKJV

“When her neighbors and relatives heard how the Lord had shown great mercy to her, they rejoiced with her.”  Luke 1:58  NKJV

I love to share about the great things He has done.

Thank You, Lord, for Your ever and ongoing mercy.  And here’s a simple poem . . .

He who is mighty
has always done
such great things
for me

so when others hear
they rejoice
that such great mercy
can be.

God bless you as others see and hear about His great mercy to you!

It Shall Come To Pass

“And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall go up from year to year to worship the King, The LORD of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles.”  Zechariah 14:16 NJKV

I understand why people often read the end of a book first.

Thank You, Lord, for telling us the whole story, so we can be prepared, can persevere, and praise You always. And here’s a simple poem . . .

 

It shall come to pass

that everyone left

 

will go up

to worship the King

 

for He is worthy

and wonderful

 

the Lord of hosts

and everything.

 

God bless you as you worship Him now.

As Gold Is Tested

“I will bring the one-third through the fire

Will refine them as silver is refined,

and test them as gold is tested.

They will call on My name

And I will answer them.

I will say, ‘This is My people’;

And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.'”  Zechariah 13:9

 

Silver and gold must be tested and refined in order to be used.

Thank You, Lord, for Your great mercy that enables us to persevere.  And here’s a simple poem . . .

 

Behold, these are the ones

who’ve been refined

 

by the

hottest fire.

 

I answer when

they call on Me

 

and am their

One Desire.

 

God bless you as you are refined and tested today!

Look On Me

“And I will pour on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace and supplication; then they will look on Me whom they have pierced. . .”  Zechariah 12:10

He was pierced for all our sins.

Thank you, Lord, for the grace to look unto You.  And here’s a simple poem . . .

 

I will pour out grace

and supplication

 

so that you

can look

 

upon Me

the One you pierced

 

and the One

that you forsook.

 

God bless you as you look on Him today!

Blessed Be The Lord

“. . . Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich,’ and their shepherds do not pity them.”  Zechariah 11:5 NKJV

Chapter 11 was a tough one for me.

Thank You, Lord, for being our Good Shepherd.  And here’s a simple poem . . .

 

Blessed be the Lord

for He is rich

 

in mercy

and in grace

 

and may I use

all I have

 

to bring glory

to His name.

 

God bless you as you lovingly care for those He calls you to.

I Will

“I will bring them back

Because I have mercy on them.”  Zechariah 10:6

 

God’s mercy is a powerful thing.

Thank you, Lord, for all Your mercy has done, is doing and will yet do.  And here’s a simple poem . . .

 

I will strengthen them

and save them

 

I will hear them

and have mercy

 

I will bring them back

and redeem them

 

so they will increase

and rejoice in Me.

 

God bless you with His great mercy!

Prisoners Of Hope

“Return to the stronghold,

You prisoners of hope.”  Zechariah 9:12

 

Hope can be a stronghold.

Thank You,  Lord, for setting us free to hope.  And here’s a simple poem . . .

 

Rescued from

the waterless pit

 

we are now

His prisoners of hope

 

set free to believe

love and trust

 

in the center of

His strong hold.

 

God bless you as you hope in Him today!

God With You

“Yes, many peoples and strong nations shall come to seek The Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD.”  Zechariah 8:22 NKJV

Israel is indeed His Holy Land.

Thank You, Lord, for determining to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. (Zechariah 8:15). And here’s a simple poem . . .

 

We will say

let’s go and pray

before the Lord

in Jerusalem

 

grasping the sleeves

of Jewish men

because we’ve heard

God’s with them.

 

God bless you as you pray and seek Him!