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It too shall be a remnant for our God;<\/em>
\nIt shall be like a clan in Judah…<\/em>
\nZechariah 9: 7<\/em><\/p>\n

For over a year now, I\u2019ve questioned the wisdom of the Holy Spirit, who nudged me to study the book of Zechariah in depth. Zechariah, God? Are you sure? It\u2019s too hard. I\u2019ve got more important things to do.<\/p>\n

I figure God\u2019s usually too busy shaking His head at my predictable objections to bother replying. Either that or He\u2019s chuckling at my list of suggestions about studying something else. How about something more comprehensible, like one of the gospels, or more practical, like one of Paul\u2019s epistles?<\/p>\n

But once in a while, God pours grace upon my skeptical head, granting a glimpse about why He encouraged my up close and personal study of a guy who died 2,500 years ago. Recently, He pulled back the veil a tiny bit to reveal His ability weave together seemingly unrelated lives and events across time and space.<\/p>\n

The glimpse began when my friend Vicky Beer gave me a book. \u201cI found it while we cleaned Mom\u2019s house. It made me think of you,\u201d she said after her mom died.<\/p>\n

I took The Inextinguishable Symphony<\/em>\u00a0 by Martin Goldsmith home and added it to the stack on my nightstand. It sat there for months until December when I was looking for something to read \u2013 preferably not related to special needs, writing, marketing, or Zechariah.<\/p>\n

Goldsmith\u2019s book filled the bill. History sprang to life as the author told the story of his parents, Jewish symphony musicians in Germany during Hitler\u2019s rise. They met, married and emigrated to the United States on one of the last refuge ships to sail before the Nazis sealed the borders.<\/p>\n

The parallels between Goldsmith\u2019s book and Zechariah were striking. Over and over, the prophet repeated God\u2019s promise to preserve a remnant from among the Jewish exiles in Babylon. He also prophesied both the triumphant arrival of the Messiah in Jerusalem and God\u2019s plan to make other nations part of His family, too. God whispered as I read and studied. I\u2019m working among the nations, preserving my remnant when all seems lost. I did it then. I\u2019m doing it now. And I\u2019m at work in your life, too.<\/p>\n

The vast and personal reach of God\u2019s hand is still a greater mystery to me. Why would He weave together the Babylonian exile, the atrocities of Nazi Germany, the loss of Vicky\u2019s mom, and my Bible study to show Himself? I have no answer, just a deep conviction of God\u2019s promise to reveal Himself when people seek Him in His word.<\/p>\n

If you want a glimpse of God at work in your life, study His word \u2013 though you might want to start somewhere other than in Zechariah. Show up every day and read. Be patient. Wait for Him. When you least expect it and in unpredictable ways, He will simultaneously reveal Himself, become more mysterious, and grow your faith.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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