Zech 10:2 For the teraphim (household idols) have spoken vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility) and the diviners have seen a lie and the dreamers have told false dreams; they comfort in vain. Therefore the people go their way like sheep; they are afflicted {and} hurt because there is no shepherd.
Zech 10:3 My anger is kindled against the shepherds [who are not true shepherds] and I will punish the goat leaders, for the Lord of hosts has visited His flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as His beautiful {and} majestic horse in the battle.
Zech 10:4 Out of him [Judah] shall come forth the Cornerstone, out of him the tent peg, out of him the battle bow; "every ruler shall proceed from him."
Zech 10:5 And they shall be like mighty men treading down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle, and they shall fight because the Lord is with them, and the [oppressor's] riders on horses shall be confounded {and} put to shame.
Zech 10:6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah and I will save the house of Joseph [Ephraim]. I will bring them back {and} cause them to dwell securely, for I have mercy, loving-kindness, {and} compassion for them. They shall be as though I had not cast them off, for I am the Lord their God, and I will hear them.
As we draw to another year's end, usually we reflect on the year winding down. We examine the "things"and people we allow to have power over us in our life each day in some way.We meditate on God's word to us, so we will know what does God consider an idol in our lives. No, we did not build one or bow down to a "God" made by human hands. Each of us have a time of self-examination regarding ridding our lives of things and life choices and habits that are destructive to our spiritual walk with God. Who do we allow to instruct us? Who do we go to, the phone or the throne? If you have allowed any certain object to steal you away from where God wants you to be, face it and cease from practicing what you know is not a healthy spiritual choice for you. Examine "what" uses up your time, and allow the Holy Spirit to reveal the truth to you. Ask yourself if you have not heard from God, "who moved?" Each year I look back on failures, on how God provided, and His mercy, and I have a self-examination time of reflecting on how good God is to me. How good is your God?
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