SUNDAY, AUGUST 13
Scripture: Zachariah 8:1-6 (NKJV, MSG)

Zachariah 8:1-6 says, “I am zealous for Zion—I care! I’m angry about Zion—I’m involved! I’ve come back to Zion, I’ve moved back to Jerusalem. Jerusalem’s new names will be Truth City, and Mountain of God-of-the-Angel-Armies, and Mount Holiness. Old men and old women will come back to Jerusalem, sit on benches on the streets and spin tales, move around safely with their canes—a good city to grow old in. And boys and girls will fill the public parks, laughing and playing—a good city to grow up in. Do the problems of returning and rebuilding by just a few survivors seem too much? But is anything too much for me? Not if I have my say.” In The Message version, verse 5 says, “Old men and old women will come back to Jerusalem, sit on benches on the streets and spin tales, move around safely with their canes—a good city to grow old in. And boys and girls will fill the public parks, laughing and playing—a good city to grow up in.” What a redemptive passage! Most of us have never experienced God showing up as ‘too much’ but we should stretch our faith to believe for such a season!