Hi Peeps,

Today’s Quote

“Don’t be so quick to place people on a pedestal because we never truly know what’s under the hood.”

TB

Shiny

We’ve been conditioned to believe that the shiniest and brilliant people, places, and things are worth special attention. Because of that additional value, we perceive that these people –especially those who step into the spotlight as ambassadors for God– have, we allow them carte blanche. Of course, as people in power fall (as they often do), it can feel destabilizing, forcing you to question what you believe. Friends, when this happens, it means we were chasing man more than we were chasing God.

Internal

Because it is impossible to know all that goes on within people, we must judge them according to their deeds. We must also learn and understand scripture so that we can much their words against the Word of God. Further, because we are given the Holy Spirit, it is up to us to individually know who God is. When we honestly pursue Christ, we understand that no man is above reproach and we must develop our personal relationships with Him to know the Truth. So put your faith in God, not man.

Today’s Question

Are you looking up to someone or The One?

Enjoy the reading

Zechariah 2

1 When I looked again, I saw a man with a measuring line in his hand. 2 “Where are you going?” I asked. He replied, “I am going to measure Jerusalem, to see how wide and how long it is.” 3 Then the angel who was with me went to meet a second angel who was coming toward him. 4 The other angel said, “Hurry, and say to that young man, ‘Jerusalem will someday be so full of people and livestock that there won’t be room enough for everyone! Many will live outside the city walls. 5 Then I, myself, will be a protective wall of fire around Jerusalem, says the LORD . And I will be the glory inside the city!’” 6 The LORD says, “Come away! Flee from Babylon in the land of the north, for I have scattered you to the four winds. 7 Come away, people of Zion, you who are exiled in Babylon!” 8 After a period of glory, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies sent me against the nations who plundered you. For he said, “Anyone who harms you harms my most precious possession. 9 I will raise my fist to crush them, and their own slaves will plunder them.” Then you will know that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has sent me. 10 The LORD says, “Shout and rejoice, O beautiful Jerusalem, for I am coming to live among you. 11 Many nations will join themselves to the LORD on that day, and they, too, will be my people. I will live among you, and you will know that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies sent me to you. 12 The land of Judah will be the LORD ’s special possession in the holy land, and he will once again choose Jerusalem to be his own city. 13 Be silent before the LORD, all humanity, for he is springing into action from his holy dwelling.”