像冠冕上的宝石
我们喜欢游览位于太平洋海岸的某个地方。我们低下头，在沙滩上慢慢地行走，边行边检拾那些因经年累月被海浪抛来抛去而磨得平滑的碎石。湿的石块会反射出彩虹七色的光辉。我常常感到惊讶，沙滩上怎么能积聚那么多不同类形的石头。撒迦利亚这句话：“他们必像冠冕上的宝石，在他的地上发光”，叫我想起那个沙滩。
撒迦利亚的预言，是对犹大的百姓说的，目的是提醒他们神完美无缺的计划，并以将来的拯救来鼓励他们。撒迦利亚用文字描绘出令人惊叹的图画，来表明神应许的拯救者弥赛亚将要成就的救恩和恢复。他的信息指出，神非常喜悦祂的子民 — 他们必会得到恢复，“必像冠冕上的宝石，在他的地上发光。”神必定会看顾衪宝贵的儿女，因为他们是属衪的，祂希望看到他们完全的恢复。
保罗在以弗所书 3:10-11说，神已经藉着教会把衪超然的智慧显给世上的执政掌权者看，这教会建造在弥赛亚耶稣基督所立的根基上。神的子民将会发出光辉，在四面八方彰显衪的智慧和荣美。
父啊，我们知道祢对我们的爱是何等深广，看到祢如此喜悦我们，我们深受感动。惟愿我们的生命能为祢的荣耀发出光辉。奉耶稣名祈求，阿们。
撒迦利亚书 9:9-17
9 “锡安的民哪，应当大大喜乐！耶路撒冷的民哪，应当欢呼！看哪，你的王来到你这里，他是公义的，并且施行拯救，谦谦和和地骑着驴，就是骑着驴的驹子。
10 我必除灭以法莲的战车和耶路撒冷的战马，争战的弓也必除灭。他必向列国讲和平，他的权柄必从这海管到那海，从大河管到地极。
11 “锡安哪，我因与你立约的血，将你中间被掳而囚的人从无水的坑中释放出来。
12 你们被囚而有指望的人，都要转回保障！我今日说明：我必加倍赐福给你们。
13 我拿犹大做上弦的弓，我拿以法莲为张弓的箭。锡安哪，我要激发你的众子攻击希腊的众子，使你如勇士的刀。
14 耶和华必显现在他们以上，他的箭必射出像闪电。主耶和华必吹角，乘南方的旋风而行。
15 万军之耶和华必保护他们。他们必吞灭仇敌，践踏弹石；他们必喝血呐喊，犹如饮酒；他们必像盛满血的碗，又像坛的四角满了血。
16 当那日，耶和华他们的神必看他的民如群羊，拯救他们。因为他们必像冠冕上的宝石，高举在他的地以上。
17 他的恩慈何等大，他的荣美何其盛！五谷健壮少男，新酒培养处女。
Like Jewels In A Crown
"They will sparkle in his land like jewels in a crown." - Zechariah 9:16
There is a place on the Pacific coast that we like to visit. We walk slowly along the beach with our heads down, picking up small rocks, worn smooth after years and years of being rolled back and forth by the waves. When the rocks are wet, they glisten with every color of the rainbow. I often wonder how such a variety of rocks would end up on one beach. Zechariah’s words “They will sparkle in his land like jewels in a crown” make me think of that beach.
The prophecy of Zechariah was given to the people of Judah to remind them of God’s overarching plans and to encourage them about deliverance in the future. Zechariah painted awe-inspiring word pictures of the salvation and restoration that the Messiah, the promised deliverer, would accomplish. The message speaks of God’s great delight in his people—they will be restored and “will sparkle in his land like jewels in a crown.” God will take care of his precious sons and daughters because they are his and he wants to see them fully restored.
In Ephesians 3:10-11, Paul writes that God has revealed his amazing wisdom to the rulers and powers of this world through the church, which is built on the foundation set by the Messiah, Jesus Christ. God’s people will shine as they reveal God’s wisdom and beauty everywhere.
Father, we know your love for us is vast, and it touches us deeply to know how much you delight in us. Let our lives shine for your glory. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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