Zechariah chapter 3

We each stand before God in filthy rags, covered in sin, and satan stands next to us, accusing us of anything and everything. Yet God in his mercy has chosen to forgive us, to place the punishment for our sins on Jesus, who bears the scars of this even now. Imagine getting to heaven and seeing Jesus, and then looking down at his scarred hands, his feet, knowing that he carries those scars because of the things you and I have done. Thanks to Jesus, we no longer wear the filthy rags of our sin, we are clothed in robes of righteousness, dressed in white without the stain of sin on us. Truly God has been so awesome, so gracious, in forgiving us.

But the whole chapter is about reinstating the high priesthood, about restoring the church, and also about the return of Jesus, the Messiah, the Branch. Just take a look around, see what is happening in Lakeland, in Wales, throughout the world. The church is being revived, the Bride is being made ready, and people are once again turning to Jesus. The Spirit is on the move, and when the Spirit moves, we as believers need to move too. We need to open our eyes to all that is going on and be ready to act when called upon. We need to walk in God's ways, and keep his requirements.

There are so many people, billions, who do not know Jesus, who have hardened their hearts to God, and yet the glory of God is all around us, from the singing of the birds in the morning, the rain falling to the ground and the flowers blooming in the summer. I was talking to someone yesterday, and he just would not, could not accept there is a God. He was prepared to accept that the universe, the sun, moon and stars had always been here, but could not accept the idea that God was here too. As far as he was concerned, the earth was created in a big bang, two stars/planets rubbing together, and that was that. How can you accept that the universe has always been here and yet ignore the possibility that God was here first? How can one thing be possible, but the idea that there is a God be impossible? Where did the universe come from? How did the planets get there in the first place? How come every climbing plant, no matter what species or genus, no matter where it is in the world, climbs in exactly the same direction? It always amazes me how people can look around and not even consider that there may be a God. It is so very, very sad.