Contemplative Bible Reading

Zechariah 9:9-10 (New Living Translation)

⁹ Rejoice, O people of Zion!
Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem!
Look, your king is coming to you.
He is righteous and victorious,
yet he is humble, riding on a donkey—
riding on a donkey’s colt.
¹⁰ I will remove the battle chariots from Israel
and the warhorses from Jerusalem.
I will destroy all the weapons used in battle,
and your king will bring peace to the nations.
His realm will stretch from sea to sea
and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.

Here comes the King! I guess, sort of. There must be something wrong with this King as he isn’t arriving in a remodeled 747 with satellite communications and bedrooms and everything else. Instead, he comes in on a rusty bicycle with slightly bent wheels. He has no secret service or other guards or entourage. He is empty handed. There are no signs of a conquering army or a conquering hero.

How do you combine humility and grand victory? I don’t know. I haven’t seen it in my life. Perhaps that is why the vast majority of the people who did see it didn’t recognize it.

What else does God do in my life everyday that I don’t recognize?