"Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts: 'Return to Me,' says the Lord of hosts, 'and I will return to you,' says the Lord of hosts." (Zechariah 1:3)
The phrase, and what has become for too many a cliche, "God has everything under control," tends to imply, "It really doesn't matter what anyone does." Our text says otherwise.
"Return to Me...." You and I control this; not God. Our text does not say that God will turn to you and me, or a nation, if we do not, "Return to Me...." The Glorious and precious Grace of Jesus Christ does not replace, "Return to Me...and I will return to you...."
Father, in Jesus' Name, I really do not know what all lies behind the ''decision-making" processes in life. But I do turn to You. Amen.
