Step Into the Light: Daily Walks with Christ

THURSDAY, 25 SEPTEMBER 2025

TEXT: ZECHARIAH 10:1-12

1: Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime; it is the Lord who sends the thunderstorms. He gives showers of rain to all people, and plants of the field to everyone.

2: The idols speak deceitfully, diviners see visions that lie; they tell dreams that are false, they give comfort in vain. Therefore the people wander like sheep oppressed for lack of a shepherd.

3: “My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders; for the Lord Almighty will care for his flock, the people of Judah, and make them like a proud horse in battle.

4: From Judah will come the cornerstone, from him the tent peg, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler.

5: Together they will be like warriors in battle trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets. They will fight because the Lord is with them, and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.

6: “I will strengthen Judah and save the tribes of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them. They will be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the Lord their God and I will answer them.

7: The Ephraimites will become like warriors, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the Lord.

8: I will signal for them and gather them in. Surely I will redeem them; they will be as numerous as before.

9: Though I scatter them among the peoples, yet in distant lands they will remember me. They and their children will survive, and they will return.

10: I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon, and there will not be room enough for them.

11: They will pass through the sea of trouble; the surging sea will be subdued and all the depths of the Nile will dry up. Assyria’s pride will be brought down and Egypt’s scepter will pass away.

12: I will strengthen them in the Lord and in his name they will live securely,” declares the Lord.

(New International Version Holy Bible)

TOPIC: GOD CARES FOR HIS PEOPLE

Christianity is being mocked due to the influx of dubious people claiming to be called into the ministry without a corresponding increase in godly living or spirituality in the Church.

People are rather deceived by the self-acclaimed men of God. Some of these 'men of God' have led their followers into consulting mediums, seers and believing in doctrines that do not have any connection with God.

He expressed His anger against such leaders and what He would do to them. But He also promised to take care of His own people and perfect His plans for their lives (vs. 3).

Everyone should therefore be careful about how they live and who they choose to follow in the present age to avoid deception. We must stick to God's perfect will for our lives.

QUESTION: What do you think about the deceptive antics of the so-called 'men of God'?

PRAYER: Deliver me from those who come as men of God, but are not, and help me to believe in Your ability to care for me, no matter what is at stake, in Jesus' name. Amen.