Zechariah 1-3

It took me about 7 minutes to read Zechariah's descriptions of the first 4 visions that God showewd him. They were messages of the restoration of Israel and a picture of God's grace at work in our lives. The word that piqued my interest was the word about God's message from the past in 1:5-6. God pointed out that the prophets who had warned Judah to repent from their sins were dead. That the hearers of those prophets were also dead. "But the Message that my servants the prophets spoke, that isn't dead and buried." God's word may be spoken once by a prophet but its power to effect lives never diminishes. It was 1900 year-old words that God used to introduce me to Jesus. Those same words are convicting and comforting multitudes of people every day. I thank God for the power that flows from his words.
Stuart