Today's encouragement comes from Zechariah 14:8 & 9, where we read these words:
"And in that day it shall be that living waters shall flow from Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and half of them toward the western sea; in both summer and winter it shall occur. And the LORD shall be King over all the earth. In that day it shall be—'The LORD is one,' And His name one.”This day *has* occurred, as Jesus inaugurated it in His first Advent, and cul-minated it in His resurrection, and the pouring out of His Spirit on His church at Pentecost. Now, the whole earth: east and west, north and south, are all fed by Christ from heaven, as He brokers His blessings through His church on earth.
The “oneness" of God was amplified in Jesus' High Priestly Prayer, of John, ch. 17, (cf. v. 11, for an example). The believing church is made covenantally "one" with the Son, the Father, and the Holy Spirit. For these unspeakable blessings let us give thanks to the Lord.
[Puritan quote of the day: "There is nothing that we do or can do, nothing that angels do or can do for us, that can reconcile us to God; but we are reconcil-ed to God in Christ.” —Jeremiah Burroughs, in, "Gospel Reconciliation"]
