Join us in today’s devotion and prayer-
Read Zechariah 2 in your favorite version or in the following KJV and then join us in praying below:
Zechariah 2
2 I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand.
2 Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof.
3 And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him,
4 And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:
5 For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
6 Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord.
7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.
9 For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me.
10 Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.
11 And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
12 And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.
13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation. (KJV)
Our Father,
Through the prophet Zechariah You proclaimed that You would choose Jerusalem and Judah once more and gather the Jews from wherever they had been scattered and they would become a nation once more under Your protection:
“And the Lord shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.”
This began to be fulfilled again in 1948.
We pray for the peace of Jerusalem today; many nations are against Israel now and attacks from radical Muslims continue.
The prophecy also proclaimed that Israel was the ‘apple of Your eye’ and that many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day:
“Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord.
11 And many nations shall be joined to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto thee.”
Lord we are looking for that Word to be fulfilled in our day. Let the Good News of Your Son and Kingdom be preached in all the world. Let this be the day when that prophecy is completely fulfilled in Jerusalem and also the prophecy of Joel is fulfilled and Your Spirit is poured upon all flesh.
Let millions from every nation come and worship You and Your Son Jesus in this generation and become Your people in this life and the eternal life to come.
In Jesus name, Amen.