Zechariah 11:11 KJV
And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
Scofield's Notes says,
The "poor of the flock": that is, the "remnant according to the election of grace" (Rom_11:5) those Jews who did not wait for the manifestation of Christ in glory, but believed on Him at His first coming, and since. Of them it is said that they "waited upon Me," and "knew."
In a world that often focuses on greatness and worldly successes, those who are engulfed in those things seldom sense what God is doing in the world. Even if they profess godliness and even if they appear to be in pursuit of the things of the Lord if their focus is on success and building what they can build "for the Lord" they miss God in their doing for God. The Bible says two things about those who know the Word of the Lord (not in the sense of merely being Bible students but in the sense of seeing God's hand in the breaking both beauty and the bands)
They are the poor of the flock
They will not appear to be as successful as some others of "the flock."
They waited upon the Lord
The greatest need I believe that I see in our day is for believers who know the value of waiting upon God. Sure, there are things a believer ought to be busy doing. But the trouble is that we get so busy doing those that we often miss God what God wants to do Himself. So much of what is church today has little to nothing to do with God; it is just the ingenuity, cleverness, and hard work of men.
Those that wait upon the Lord are blessed to see something entirely different. They see the Word of the Lord. They see God.
And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
Scofield's Notes says,
The "poor of the flock": that is, the "remnant according to the election of grace" (Rom_11:5) those Jews who did not wait for the manifestation of Christ in glory, but believed on Him at His first coming, and since. Of them it is said that they "waited upon Me," and "knew."
In a world that often focuses on greatness and worldly successes, those who are engulfed in those things seldom sense what God is doing in the world. Even if they profess godliness and even if they appear to be in pursuit of the things of the Lord if their focus is on success and building what they can build "for the Lord" they miss God in their doing for God. The Bible says two things about those who know the Word of the Lord (not in the sense of merely being Bible students but in the sense of seeing God's hand in the breaking both beauty and the bands)
They are the poor of the flock
They will not appear to be as successful as some others of "the flock."
They waited upon the Lord
The greatest need I believe that I see in our day is for believers who know the value of waiting upon God. Sure, there are things a believer ought to be busy doing. But the trouble is that we get so busy doing those that we often miss God what God wants to do Himself. So much of what is church today has little to nothing to do with God; it is just the ingenuity, cleverness, and hard work of men.
Those that wait upon the Lord are blessed to see something entirely different. They see the Word of the Lord. They see God.
Thank you! Miss Connie
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