Passage of the Day - March 7, 2011

Zechariah 3:1-7

 ¹Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

 ²The LORD said to Satan, "The LORD rebuke you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?"

 ³Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments and standing before the angel.

 ⁴He spoke and said to those who were standing before him, saying, "Remove the filthy garments from him " Again he said to him, "See, I have taken your iniquity away from you and will clothe you with festal robes."

 ⁵Then I said, "Let them put a clean turban on his head." So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments, while the angel of the LORD was standing by.

 ⁶And the angel of the LORD admonished Joshua, saying,

 ⁷"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'If you will walk in My ways and if you will perform My service, then you will also govern My house and also have charge of My courts, and I will grant you free access among these who are standing here.

Why are we called to be faithful?  Why are we called to obey even after we have been saved?  Is it that we can lose our salvation, or is it more like what verse 7 is pointing to?  We have been cleansed from our sin and that cannot be changed.  Our faithfulness to God will allow us unfettered access to Him and He will entrust us with much.  Of all your employees, who would you give the important confidential stuff to, the hard working guy, the smart girl, the ambitious youngster, or the twenty year vet that you have grown to trust?

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