“They will call on my name and I will answer them; I will say, ‘They are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.” Zachariah 13:9b (NIV)
Do we ever call upon the name of God sincerely with expectations that He hears us and will answer us? This verse and its words are a part of a prophecy from God send through the prophet Zechariah. It is about God’s people repenting and calling on His name. God often disciplined His people because of their sin. This passage tells us how God reacts when His people turn back and call on Him. The Lord said that when His people, the Children of Israel, would come back to Him and call on His name, He would recognize them as His own. We believe this is how God reacts to us when we call on Him whether in repentance or in a plea for help. Anytime we call He recognizes us as His own. He says, “They are my people.” Is it not good we have that assurance that He knows we are His when we call on Him and He takes action on our behalf?
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