START YOUR DAY RIGHT DAILY DEVOTION
(KJV) Zechariah 7:1-5
And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the Lord came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu; 2 When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the Lord, 3 And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years? 4 Then came the word of the Lord of hosts unto me, saying, 5 Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
WAS IT REALLY FOR ME THAT YOU FASTED? / ZECHARIAH 7:1-5
God’s law called for only one day of fasting (going without food for a limited time to focus on spiritual matters) each year – the Day of Atonement in the seventh month. By this time, the Jews had added a fast in the fifth month to commemorate the destruction of the temple by Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylonian armies (2 Kings 25:8-9). Now that the temple was being rebuilt (518 B.C.), they wanted to know if they had to continue observing that day.
- God’s message was that their fasting was not acceptable because it was done with the wrong attitude and motives (Matthew 6:16). They simply were going through a formal routine without any real hunger and thirst for God and desire to accomplish His purposes.
The people needed to pay attention to prophets such as Isaiah (Isaiah 58:3-5) and to respond by sincerely fasting and praying for God’s help so they could live in a way that pleased Him and benefited others. This should include promoting justice and showing mercy (Zechariah 7:8-10; Micah 6:8).
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Some of our Post That Might Interest You, All Out of the Current Book / Chapter
- THOSE WHO ARE FAR AWAY WILL COME / ZECHARIAH 6:15
- WILL BE A PRIEST ON HIS THRONE / ZECHARIAH 6:13
- HAVE GIVEN MY SPIRIT REST / ZECHARIAH 6:8
- THE FOUR SPIRITS OF HEAVEN / ZECHARIAH 6:1-5
- A MEASURING BASKET / ZECHARIAH 5:5-11
- A FLYING SCROLL / ZECHARIAH 5:1-4
- WHO DESPISES THE DAY OF SMALL THINGS? / ZECHARIAH 4:10
- O MIGHTY MOUNTAIN / ZECHARIAH 4:7
- NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER BUT BY MY SPIRIT / ZECHARIAH 4:6
- TWO OLIVE TREES / ZECHARIAH 4:3
- SOLID GOLD LAMPSTAND / ZECHARIAH 4:2
- SEVEN EYES ON THAT ONE STONE / ZECHARIAH 3:9
- MY SERVANT THE BRANCH / ZECHARIAH 3:8
- IF YOU WILL WALK IN MY WAYS / Zechariah 3:7
- I WILL PUT RICH GARMENTS ON YOU / ZECHARIAH 3:4
- REBUKE YOU SATAN! / ZECHARIAH 3:2
- SATAN STANDING AT HIS RIGHT SIDE TO ACCUSE HIM / ZECHARIAH 3:1
- JOINED WITH THE LORD IN THAT DAY / ZECHARIAH 2:10-12
- TOUCHES THE APPLE OF HIS EYE / ZECHARIAH 2:8-9
- FLEE FROM THE LAND OF THE NORTH / ZECHARIAH 2:6
- I MYSELF WILL BE A WALL … ITS GLORY / Zechariah 2:5
- MAN WITH A MEASURING LINE / ZECHARIAH 2:1
- HORNS THAT SCATTERED JUDAH, ISRAEL & JERUSALEM / FOUR CRAFTSMENT / ZECHARIAH 1:18-21
- NATIONS … ADDED TO THE CALAMITY / ZECHARIAH 1:15
- VERY JEALOUS FOR JERUSALEM / ZECHARIAH 1:14
- ANGEL OF THE LORD SAID / ZECHARIAH 1:12
- THE ANGEL WHO WAS TALKING WITH ME / ZECHARIAH 1:9
- I HAD A VISION / ZECHARIAH 1:8-11
- DO NOT BE LIKE YOUR FOREFATHERS / ZECHARIAH 1:4
- RETURN TO ME … I WILL RETURN TO YOU / ZECHARIAH 1:3
- IN THE EIGHTH MONTH … THE PROPHET ZECHARIAH / ZECHARIAH 1:1
- WILL HAVE NO RAIN / ZECHARIAH 14:17
- GUIDED BY GRACE HOME
Thank you for taking the time to read my Daily Devotion.
Blessings,
Margarita & Stace
