November 25

Zechariah 9
Our King has come to deliver us! He came riding upon a donkey’s colt. 550 years before it happened, Zechariah spoke of it. The religious leaders of Jesus’ day saw the obvious claim that Jesus was making as He rode into Jerusalem on that Palm Sunday. Their response? “It is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish.” But because Jesus submitted to the Father in this, He will one day reign from sea to sea and from the River to the ends of the earth. Upon a donkey He came to die to purchase the right to reign. Upon a mighty steed He shall return to tread out the fierceness of His wrath upon the nations who refuse to repent.
Because of the blood of His covenant with us, He comes to us who are bound in the slavery of our waterless pits and lift us out of the pits. We are set free to become prisoners of hope. We have genuine hope! It was for freedom that Christ set us free. We no longer are bound by the chains of sin. We can walk now as heirs to the throne of God. We have everything we need in Christ Jesus, for as we live and die in Him He raises us to walk in newness of life! Now that is hope! Indeed, we serve a glorious King! Speak His glory to someone today!
--Pastor john