Zechariah chapter 13

After reading chapter 12, and how the Jews will look on him whom they pierced and mourn as if for an only son, to read verse 1 here is awesome. On that day, the day when they look on Jesus, a fountain will be opened to the house of David and its inhabitants to cleanse them from their sin and impurity.

This is a never ending fountain of love and mercy, grace and forgiveness, and it will never run out. It is not a case of first come first served, if you miss the fountain when it first opens, you have missed your chance. No, it is for all time and for all peoples. It is the Living Water, Jesus Christ, through whom we are all forgiven, all cleansed, though many people deliberately choose not to accept this free gift of salvation.

The chapter goes on to talk about idols and false prophets, about how they will be removed form the land, bit the false prophets and the spirit of impurity that came with them. This is not just true of the land in the time of Zechariah, because there are many false prophets in these days, seeking to mislead, turn people away from God instead of towards Him. It is a case of always being on the alert, reading our bibles to make sure we know the word of God and know when someone is not speaking the truth from the scriptures. I sit here and think of the various types of gospel that are being propounded today, how if you haven't got something, it is because you don't have enough faith. Try telling that to the starving in Africa, the women in the Sudan who daily face the threat of rape when they go to collect firewood for their family.

There is a house nearby that has recently placed signs outside offering tarot and spirit reading. It is on the main road, where loads of cars and lorries pass by each day, and yet I get a chill every time we drive past. People are hungry for God, yet they are searching in all the wrong places. Tarot cards and spirit readings are from the enemy, satan, the father of lies, and are not from God. I know a spiritualist/medium, who is a lovely woman, and yet she is mixed up with this and makes her living from it. I may well be the only Christian she knows, yet how often do we talk about this?

Then the promise that a remnant, a third will be saved. On the one hand, a third is not a lot, but on the other hand, who really deserves to be saved anyway? God is so gracious, so living, so merciful, and yet so pure and holy, that our sins have separated us from Him and it is only through Jesus that we can freely approach the throne of God, and have eternal life. He is so good, so awesome, so magnificent, that I am overwhelmed by all that He has done and is doing in my life. I just pray my family will open their eyes and see what they are missing out on before it is too late.