I have a normal pattern of reading from a Psalm, another Old Testament passage and a New Testament passage each morning. It was while reading Psalm 40 that God launched me into this new activity of blogging. (Funny that this sounds a lot like jogging, which I also do.)

This morning while reading through Zechariah 12 I took note of verse 10 where it says, "They will look on me, the one they have pierced...." My sequential reading in the New Testament was John 19 which covers the crucifixion and the fulfillment of this prophecy, (vs. 37 "They will look on the one they have pierced." NIV

God's word is fulfilled hundreds of years later. A second part of that prophecy says that when they look on the one they have pierced they will morn and grieve as one who has lost an only child. It seems that the fulfilling of this part of the prophecy is yet to come when all of Israel will realize that the Jesus who was crucified 2,000 years ago was in fact the Son of God. Still, on another level, it is my sin that put Jesus on the cross and caused his side to be pierced. When I come to this understanding it should grieve my heart every time I fail to follow God's ways and will. In the end it was not the Jews that crucified Jesus but the sins of all of us. Thank you Lord for connecting these passages for me today and help me take seriously the sacrifice made to pay for my sin and restore me to a right relationship with you.