Zechariah 13:1 (KJV)
In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness.
The phrase “In that day” is found twenty times in the little prophesy of Zechariah. As I was ready it this time through my mind went to those who would want to call this “wishful thinking.” God’s got a promise for Israel and “in that day” He’ll keep the promise. In that day; but not today. Israel has gone through the fires since this time, hasn’t she?
· She was ruled over by the Romans
· She was dispossessed of the land and became vagabonds, scattered the world over
· She was despised and hated in almost everyplace she has lived
· She was murdered by the millions during the holocaust.
· She has had to fight almost every day to keep the place God promised and the free world returned to her
The day prophesied has not yet come. Is it just wishful thinking that day will come?
Christians too look for a day. Jesus will come in the clouds to call all believers to meet Him in the air and then to ever be with Him in His Father’s house. A day when our sins are not only forgiven but we are made immortal and incorruptible. A day when we become joint heirs with Jesus. We shall be like Him for we shall see Him as He is.
But more than 2000 years have passed since that promise was made. The debacle of those 2000 years has made even some professing believers give up on the ideals of the Christian faith.
· We aren’t any better than the unbelieving world
· We haven’t successfully reached the unbelieving world
· We have been, in many respects the cause of a great deal of pain in this world
“The scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”[1] seem to be not only the majority, but the ones in the right. Are we who look for “the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ” just guilty of wishful thinking?
This is the difference between religion and faith. Religion hopes all God’s promises are true. Faith has the testimony of the Holy Spirit in our souls assuring and convicting us it is true.
There was a day when “a fountain opened to the house of David.” While many of the Jews did not recognize it, this was Jesus. The fountain of His blood washes away the stain of sin to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Judaea, Samaria and unto the uttermost parts of the world.[2]
“There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Emmanuel’s veins. And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all their guilty stains.” We who know Jesus Christ know it’s not wishful thinking.
Job 19:25-26 (KJV)
For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:
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Over Wishful Thinking: Trusting God's Promises
[1] 2 Peter 3:3-4 (KJV)
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
[2] Acts 1:8 (KJV)
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
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