Final Application Zechariah

What expectations do you have regarding God’s blessings in your life?  Are you misusing spiritual blessings for fleshly reasons? Understanding the message for Zechariah’s audience how can you avoid wrong expectations in Gods blessings

Why would there be a need for me to have any expectation to Gods blessings in my life? I believe I already got it. God have taken all my sins and washed it away. Over and over He is forgiving me. Like God was giving the returnees a new change to rebuilt the Temple, showing how God have forgiven their sins and then given them a new change. To know that the Temple for the returnees did not look the same, it looked worse, but God had a plan to built a even better one . the Spiritual, shows me how Im the one who walks around holding on to my sins, while God have forgiven them and moved on with the plans He has for me. Im the problem, not God.

I dont see the big picture plan God have for my life. What I see right in front of me might not look good enough. I dont see what fruits my life as a christian is giving. Like the Jews, they were mourning for the Temple that did not look as good as the first one. I honestly dont think God cared. All He wanted for them was to seek Him in true worship. Hopefully have learned something from their mistaces. I believe its the same with me. I compare my life, and I dont see with Gods eyes. All He wants for me is to obey and follow His commands. I dont see how my Spiritual life effectes others. And why would I care? Because in my selfish little head I like to see the result of my work. I like to see how many people gets “save through me”. I like to see the difference I make in someone´s life. But is that really what matters? What I can do?! I dont really think so. What really matter is what God can do in my life. What I am willing to let God change and restore. Even though things might not look as good as they did before on the outward appearance as long as my heart is changing and walking closer to God thats all that matters. “Its not about who you are, but who you become.” Its not about what I see, but what God see.

Motives.. Looking at my life I see my motive as “me me me me me me”.. How did I get that mindset!? Am I really that taken by the rest of the world? I guess I am. Im letting media and people around my change my focus from having Gods eyes to have the worlds eyes where everything is about myself. “What can I see result in?”

I dont think I realize that Im not that mature spiritually to understand that to be blessed its not about what I can see here on earth, but its about the way the Lord looks at me. What might seem effective to me might not be effective for the Kingdom. Something I should start consider. Who do I want to spend my life working for?! Myself, where my kingdom will last 50-68 more years. Or the Kingdom of God – that will be eternal?

Giving up my own right to see the result but walk in obedience is hard, but at the same time realizing. Because I know that as long as Im walking and doing what God calls me to do I will be blessed.

I see the book of Zechariah as a book of forgiveness. God have forgiven us for our sins. What we see right in front of us might not always look as forgiveness or something better then what we had, but if we have faith, and trust in God is in control we would know that there is something so much better to come. Something we might not see or understand, but God is in control, witch should tell us that it will be so much bigger and better then what we can imagen…