Today's encouragement comes from Zechariah 8:2, where we read these words:
"Thus says the LORD of hosts: ‘I am zealous for Zion with great zeal; with great fervor I am zealous for her.’ “When we think about it, we realize that God is not zealous about all that many things. Our Lord Jesus Christ's ministry saw Him pass by many things with relative indifference. But He *was* extremely zealous for God's "house," (see Jn. 2:17). The church, the redeemed people of God, matter to Him.
The problem all of us have in the Fall, is that we do not value what God treasures. In Christ, let us readjust our priority schema, so as to love what God loves, enjoy what He enjoys, and live for what He lives for. We will never regret doing so.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Where there is love to God, there is grieving for our sins of unkindness against Him.” —Thomas Watson, in, "All Things for Good"]
