“Rejoice, O people of Zion! Shout in triumph, O people of Jerusalem! Look, your king is coming to you. He is righteous and victorious, yet he is humble, riding on a donkey— riding on a donkey’s colt”. Zechariah 9:9 NLT
“Tell the people of Jerusalem, ‘Look, your King is coming to you. He is humble, riding on a donkey— riding on a donkey’s colt.’” Matthew 21:5 NLT
“Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the family of David and on the people of Jerusalem. They will look on me whom they have pierced and mourn for him as for an only son. They will grieve bitterly for him as for a firstborn son who has died.” Zechariah 12:10 NLT
“On that day a fountain will be opened for the dynasty of David and for the people of Jerusalem, a fountain to cleanse them from all their sins and impurity.” Zechariah 13:1 NLT
“On that day living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea.nIt shall continue in summer as in winter. And the Lord will be king over all the earth. On that day the Lord will be one and his name one.” Zechariah 14:8-9 NLT
Sovereign Lord,
Zechariah is not an easy read in that some of it is in prophetic pictorial language that I cannot fully understand Lord. The message to the returned exiles of the day was clearer. But then standing back we also see glimpses of hope and a future. It is only in reading the gospels and seeing it quoted that we see Zechariah was also looking far into the future with hope. And we, we have had our eyes opened by that hope in Jesus.
A future King who would came in peace. A king always rode a donkey, a humble beast when visiting in peace. A firstborn son who would be grieved over, from David’s family. Who would be killed and then mourned for. How many hymns have been written about the cleansing fountain filled with blood. One that comes to my mind Lord is:
“There is a fountain filled with blood drawn from Immanuel’s veins;
And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, lose all their guilty stains” (William Cowper)
We do not sing about fountains of blood as much today perhaps it appears too gory. But the crucifixion was gory. But after the blood was shed came the living water, the Spirit poured forth to all the world not just to Jerusalem!
You kept Your promises. We can trust You. As the disciples prayed in Luke 17:5 “Show us how to increase our faith.”
In Jesus name we pray,
Worship Saturday 27th September 2025
Are you thirsty
Are you empty
Come and drink these Living Waters
Time unbroken
Peace unspoken
Rest beside these Living Waters
Christ is calling
Find refreshing
At the cross of Living Waters
Lay your life down
On Thee, all come
Rise up in these Living Waters
There’s a river that flows
With mercy and love
Bringing joy to the city of our God
There our hope is secure
Do not fear anymore
Praise the Lord of Living Waters
Spirit moving
Mercy washing
Healing in these living waters
Lead your children to the shore line
Life is in these Living Waters
Chorus
Are you thirsty
Are you empty
Come and drink these Living Waters
Love, forgiveness
Vast and boundless
Christ, He is our Living Water
Chorus
Lyrics: Martin J. Nystrom, Edmond Martin Cash, Kristyn Getty