Day 271 or September the 28th. How big is your
God? Our thoughts today come from Zechariah chapter
14 verse 7. It will be a unique day, a day known
only to the Lord, with no distinction between
day and night. When evening comes, there will
be light. And now the big picture surrounding this
verse. Zechariah concludes his prophecies with
some inspiring words about Messiah's reign and
his second coming on a day that is often referred
to as the day of the Lord. It's a time that Jesus
confirms is known to no one on earth. Zechariah
tells his rebellious listeners that Messiah will
come and that it's imminent. With that thought,
they must honour God. and worship him in the
temple they have just helped to rebuild. And
now today's action step. When our grandson was
very young, no matter what you tried to do for
him, he would interrupt with, I can do it, I
can do it. Of course he couldn't, but not for
the want of trying. When he was older, it was
fascinating to see him take projects to nearby
adults with the request, you do it. He had learned
that there were some things he couldn't do. Zechariah
reminds us that Messiah will come, but only God
knows when. That was true for the first coming,
and will certainly be true when he comes again.
For centuries, scientists and philosophers were
willing to fill in the gaps of their knowledge
by admitting that only God knows. It seems too
many thinkers today refuse to contemplate God's
influence in their calculations and arrogantly
proclaim there is no God. And one day we will
be able to prove that there is. I remember we
had a pond in our garden for years and bred fish
every year. Often when I paused to watch them,
I would think, that's their whole world. Wouldn't
it be strange if one of them declared, I didn't
exist, even though they depend on me to change
the filters and give them food regularly. God
is so much bigger than we are, and there are
things that only He can do, because only He can
see the need and take the action, and we may
never understand.