Then the Lord will appear over them, and his arrow go forth like lightning; the Lord God will sound the trumpet and march forth in the whirlwinds of the south. The Lord of hosts will protect them, and they shall devour and tread down the slingers; they shall drink their blood like wine, and be full like a bowl, drenched like the corners of the altar. On that day the Lord their God will save them for they are the flock of his people; for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on his land. For what goodness and beauty are his! Grain shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the young women.
Ask rain from the Lord in the season of the spring rain, from the Lord who makes the storm clouds, who gives showers of rain to you, the vegetation in the field to everyone. For the teraphim utter nonsense, and the diviners see lies; the dreamers tell false dreams, and give empty consolation. Therefore the people wander like sheep; they suffer for lack of a shepherd. (Zechariah 9:14-10:2)
What has the Lord done for you?
Or maybe a better question is what hasn’t the Lord done for you?
Yet even though He has given everything for us, and given us everything we have and need (not want but need), we still wander through life a s a people as a flock without a shepherd. But the Lord gives us rain for the field and the grain of the field to everyone! Everyone gets to eat the bounty of His good work.
We are the jewels of His crown and we will shine in His land forever. (And remember forever is a very long time!) We will be the shining jewels that He treasures for all time in the land He is going to inhabit with us. So always remember that you are His and you are treasured by him as a precious stone that could never be replaced.
He wants to be your shepherd and fulfill your needs in this life, just cling to Him and allow Him to be your shepherd.
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