Here in this verse in Zechariah we find God’s word for us as well as a challenge to us as believers-
.....so I will save you that you may become a blessing (Zech 8:13)

Can you say that you have been saved by grace so that you may bless those that are around you ?
Have you made effectual your being called from out of the darkness and into the light by becoming a blessing to others ?
Has the church of Jesus Christ been a blessing not only to the body of Christ but also to the lost and dying world around us ?

After meditating on these verses in Zechariah I believe that if we truly understood and acted on the fact that we are saved so that we may become a blessing then the proclamation of the gospel would indeed go forth boldly.....

Look at what the Lord says will happen to the people around us after we have become a blessing
1) people will say “let us go and entreat the favor of the Lord, and to seek the Lord of hosts’ (Zech 8:21)

2) Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you (Zech 8:23)

If we seek after Him with all of our heart, mind and soul,
If we allow our Lord to shine His light through us,
If we truly follow His leading and become His witness,
If we become a blessing to those around us
Then our neighbors, our communities, our state, our country, our world will say ‘we have seen and heard that God is with you, let us go with you and seek after Him’. . . .

The light shining in the darkness is a powerful thing to behold......and what greater light is there then the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ shining forth through our lives bringing blessing to those around us. . . .

(prb)