432. God will Hear
Zechariah 10:6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the Lord their God, and will hear them.
God gives several promises here: I will strengthen the Church; I will save the church; I will bring them again; and, I will hear the church. The house of Judah refers to the descendants of Judah, the Jews, the kings of David’s line, the Messiah out of the line of Judah, and finally the Church of believers in Jesus. For us NT believers the Lord will do these things.
The Lord will strengthen. At its weakest and lowest point the Lord speaks a word of promise and hope. You will not remain weak, for I will give you strength. Our strength is in the “joy of the Lord.” Jesus is our strength. He is strong for us when we are weak (and we are always weak). When I am weak, then He is strong. He is always strengthening, but we need it the most at the times we feel weak, powerless, helpless, and beaten down.
The Lord will save. Jesus has saved us once and for all time, and that salvation continues to be in effect every day. And every time we need to reach out and take the hand of Jesus He is there to save us again and again. We are always saved, but there are times when we are not aware of God’s present salvation. Then by faith we take hold of His hand and He lifts us up.
The Lord will bring again and place. Jesus brought us back again to the home, with God, where we belong and placed us in His Kingdom, in His family, and in His strong hands, wrapped in His arms in the bosom of the Father. We are in exile in this cursed world because of sin, in a far country. The Lord comes to us when we are estranged and alienated, alone and isolated, and brings us to Himself. Whenever we feel overwhelmed by the forces of the Enemies of the soul He comes to rescue us and place us in the “safe place.” We go from the pig sty in a foreign country to the feasting party in our Father’s house.
The Lord will hear. The Lord gives so many promises to hear us when we pray, when we cry, and when we are in need that we cannot fail to believe that He hears our prayers. We sound surprised when we see His answers to our prayers. “He really heard me.” We may always be in a state of positive expectation that the Lord always hears in Jesus’ name, for Jesus’ sake, and by the blood of Jesus.