I will strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk," declares the LORD. Sermons
I. SELF-MASTERY. Reason must rule, and not passion. The Spirit, not the flesh. II. DIVINE INVIGORATION. Need constant aid. The plant thrives by commerce with the sun, so the soul gains energy from God. The prayer of all true men is that favourite one of David, "Quicken thou me." III. DEVOTION TO THE RIGHT. Doing evil is dissipation of strength. Doing good brings its own recompense. The Sandwich Islanders believed that the souls of the braves slain in war pass into those who slay them, and that therefore the more a man kills the stronger he becomes. This is true spiritually. It was fabled of the giant Antares that when he touched the earth he renewed his strength; so when we touch right we are renewed after the image of God. IV. ASSOCIATION WITH THE NOBLEST. To be allied with the bad is not only criminal, but ruinous. Fellowship with the good elevates and ennobles. V. GROWING NOBLENESS OF CHARACTER, There is the consciousness of advance. Settled principles. Enlarged experience. Progress in faith and godliness. All this prophesies of victory. Peter was far stronger at Pentecost than when he made his great confession; when he wrote his Epistles than when Paul had to withstand him to the face for dissembling at Antioch. VI. HOPE OF IMMORTALITY. The strength won will never be lost. The life given by God in Christ is everlasting. Whene'er right feelings fire thy languid heart, 1. When the Lord hath done greatest things for Him people, it is yet a new gift to give them the use thereof, to encourage and strengthen them thereby, for it is a new promise. "I will strengthen them." 2. I As God can easily encourage the most feeble and faint hearted, so their Sure grip of it is to have it laid up in God for them, and by faith and depend once draw it forth as there is need. 3. Encouragement in God is only well improven when it is made use of to strengthen unto holiness and perseverance, which is the only sweet fruit of all mercies, rendering them comfortable to the receiver, when he is led nearer God by them. "They shall walk" in their duty. 4. Holiness is then rightly set about, when we are constantly in it, when we adhere close to the rule, when by faith we drag furniture out of God, and aim at His glory, and give Him the glory of all our performances. 5. The Lord needs not be hindered to show Himself gracious, by the unworthiness and unholiness of His people, but when He is about to do them good, He can be surety to Himself, that the fruit thereof shall be forthcoming to His glory, and can make them He doth much for, to be such a people as His dealing toward them obliges them to be, therefore, after all the former promises, the Lord Himself undertakes to make them holy. 6. The sweet comfort and refreshment of the promises will only be felt by those who dwell much on the study of God the Promise Maker, and consider how all-sufficient He is, and how worthy to be credited for the performance of what He promiseth. Therefore doth He subscribe His name to all this prophecy. "Saith Jehovah." (George Hutcheson.) (Christian World Pulpit.). People Joseph, ZechariahPlaces Assyria, Egypt, Gilead, Lebanon, Nile River, ZionTopics Affirmation, Declares, Glory, Mighty, Pride, Says, Strength, Strengthen, Strong, WalkOutline 1. God is to be sought unto, and not idols.3. As he visited his flock for sin, so he will save and restore them. Dictionary of Bible Themes Zechariah 10:12Library "And we Will --"The prophet Micah was struck with the energy and devotion of the heathen to their gods. He saw the grip these idols had of their votaries, how no expense was spared, no sacrifice withheld, for the sake of a filthy lie embodied in a stone or golden image. While he listened to the songs of the heathen, his heart warmed as he thought of the greatness of Jehovah, and so he cried out--"All people will walk every one in the name of his God, and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and … Thomas Champness—Broken Bread Zechariah Links Zechariah 10:12 NIVZechariah 10:12 NLT Zechariah 10:12 ESV Zechariah 10:12 NASB Zechariah 10:12 KJV Zechariah 10:12 Bible Apps Zechariah 10:12 Parallel Zechariah 10:12 Biblia Paralela Zechariah 10:12 Chinese Bible Zechariah 10:12 French Bible Zechariah 10:12 German Bible Zechariah 10:12 Commentaries Bible Hub |