It is powerful to think that there is a reason that I am sitting right now on our couch and just read chapter 1 of Zechariah. God is so in control that He doesn't miss a minute detail. Wow. Now I'll return to the text and try to dig out some deeper meaning.
The first thing that the Lord says to Zechariah is "Return to me... and I will return to you".
(v. 3) I have chill bumps. It's like He's speaking to me through these words that were written before Christ! How powerful... God loves us so deeply it is mind-blowing.
Later on the angel spoke to Zechariah and said "Proclaim this word: this is what the Lord Almighty says: 'I am very jealous for Jerusalem and Zion, but I am very angry with the nations that feel secure. I was only a little angry, but they added to the calamity'." (v. 14-15)
God is righteously jealous for his people and has stored anger for those that are secure without him. I'm not sure why he says "I was only a little angry, but they added to the calamity", but that line is powerful. It makes me think of the state of our nation, but it gives me hope.
