Zechariah 2:10-13
Christ is here! It is time to celebrate, to worship, to sing, and to reflect. The prophet Zechariah reminds us to sing and rejoice. “For behold, I come, and I will dwell in your midst, declares the Lord.” God came to dwell in our midst when he sent his Son Jesus to live with and among us. We are not alone; God is with us.
On that day, “many nations shall join themselves to the Lord and shall be my people.” As God breaks into our reality to live among us many people and nations will be drawn to him. Not out of national interest, acknowledging there is one greater and that can bring us together.
When Christ comes to dwell among us, we can truly see that God, the Lord of Hosts, has sent Christ to us. When we consider that the final words of the prophets recorded in the Old Testament to the cries of Jesus the newborn king, Son of God was over four hundred years. There were many generations that came and went through the course of human history. After that period there becomes a collective communal longing for a word from the Lord. God not only provides “a” word, but “the” Word, his Gon Jesus, the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Song from the Father full of grace and truth (John 1:14). God is once again choosing to dwell among the people. In this moment I imagine speechless wonder at the appearance of this fullness of God. Reverence in silent give. “Be silent, all flesh, before the Lord, for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.” In peaceful silence, cast your gaze upon the Lord. Amen!
The Bowtie Pastor 