Day 187: May 1, 2026 – Zechariah 11-14 and Psalms 83-84

There are a couple of places in these Scriptures that deserve a little closer attention. We find the mention of shepherds who had charge over the sheep and who weren’t really doing their jobs, so God was going to jump in and do the job for them. But then we see another Scripture in the midst of this that Jesus uses to describe what is going to happen to his disciples once he is arrested and then crucified. We read that if you strike down the shepherd the sheep will scatter, and that is exactly what happens in the Garden of Gethsemane. Jesus is arrested and all the disciples scatter and run away, one without his clothes on.

Then we have Psalm 84 that has that wonderful phrase that better is one day in your courts than a thousand elsewhere. There is a song that should be inserted in this blog right here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Fj9bbEmVk