"Rejoice with all your heart...
Shout in triumph... Your King is coming to you... " (Zechariah 9:9).
Here, we have the prophecy that was fulfilled by Jesus when He entered
the city of Jerusalem, on His way to the Cross. This is followed, in
Zechariah 9:10, by the words, "He will rule from sea to sea, and from
the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth." This speaks to us of the
coming King and His coming Kingdom. While we are here on earth, we catch
glimpses of the coming Kingdom. The full revelation is still to come.
It will come - in God's time.
We read about Elijah in his high-points of strength - the triumph over the prophets of Baal (1 Kings 18:36-39) - and his low-points of weakness - he is ready to give up: “I’ve had enough now, Lord” (1 Kings 19:4). How did Elijah get into such a mess? He forgot this: “The Lord’s power was on Elijah” (1 Kings 18:46). In all life’s ups and downs, we must hold on to this: The Lord has sent His Spirit of power to live in us (2 Timothy 1:7). How are we to live in the power of the Spirit? We need to feed on the Word of God and drink in the Word of God (1 Kings 17:4). We need to pray that the Lord will send His showers of blessing (1 Kings 17:14). We are to live our life “according to the Word of the Lord” (1 Kings 17:16). For our life of faith to be strong in the Lord, we need to listen attentively to the preaching of God’s Word (1 Kings 17:24).
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