Contemplative Bible Reading

Zechariah 8:23 (New Living Translation)

23 “This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: In those days ten men from different nations and languages of the world will clutch at the sleeve of one Jew. And they will say, ‘Please let us walk with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”

God is speaking to the people through the prophet Zechariah. God is showing the people what will happen in the future. Jerusalem will be the unofficial capital city of the world. People from ten nations will grab the sleeve of one of God’s people and beg to be in the presence of God’s people.

Why?

Because God is with that person or at least they heard that God is with that person. Just the rumor that God is with a person brings such desperate clinging.

Why?

People everywhere will recognize the power, glory, and majesty or Jehovah God the Creator. “Please sir, please let me crawl at your feet so that I will come to know something of God.” That is what the people from all the corners of the earth will beg.

Does anyone in this coffee shop realize that God is with me? Yikes! Who asked that question? Please God, help me to know the answer. Please God, help me to live so that people realize that You are with me.