TODAY’S SCRIPTURE
“Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain! And he shall bring forth the capstone with shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’ ”
(Zechariah 4:7, NKJV)
TODAY’S WORD from Joel and Victoria
In scripture, when Zerubabbel wanted to rebuild the temple, he laid the foundation, but people came against him and forced him to stop. For ten years, no work could be done. Zachariah, the prophet, came by and told him to do something interesting. He said, “Go get the capstone.” The capstone was the stone that was reserved as the final piece of stone for the building. It was symbolic. It represented the finished product. Why was it important that he keep the capstone in front of him? Because every time he looked at it, it would remind him that God would finish what he started. When Zerubabbel was tempted to get tired and discouraged, he would go look at that capstone. That was God saying to him, “I’m still on the throne. I’m going to do what I promised. Just stay in faith.”
Today, do you have your capstone in front of you? Do you have something that represents the final piece to your dreams? Keep that vision in front of you. Keep focused on where you are headed. Get the capstone and thank God for His faithfulness to complete the work in you.
A PRAYER FOR TODAY
Father, thank You for the work You are doing in my life. Help me to keep the vision in front of me. Show me where to place my focus. Confirm Your Word with signs following as I stay on the course You have set for me in Jesus’ name. Amen.
— Joel & Victoria Osteen
bullcrap
Ah? How can you call such an inspirational message crap. I may not be religious but such messages are cross-cutting. I presume you are living a goalless life and unless you have a purpose to live for you are bound to face failure soon.
The word of God is powerful settled in heaven Amen
Amen
A very inspiring message indeed. When you think about it, Martin Luther King had a capstone (A dream that one day his children will be judged by the content of their character, and not by the colour of their skin). Bill Gates had a capstone ( A computer on every desk and in every home running Windows). Mandela Had a capstone (… Cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons will live together in harmony with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for, and see realised. But if need be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die).
Amen
It is a choice to believe and not despise. For God gave us his only begotten son
and choose to accept him or not. amen
Amen.
AMEN
Amen. God is always faithful and merciful.