We Serve A Zealous God

There is no doubt that Christians serve a very zealous God. The incredible thing is that He wants you to be so much like Him! God sees what could be and what should be in every person. God desires for every Christian to be a zealous Christian.

The prophet Isaiah and others connects God’s zeal with some of the Lord’s most impressive actions. Review the following to see God’s zeal in action!

“There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, On the throne of David and over his kingdom, To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness From then on and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this.” (Isa. 9:7)

“The Lord will go forth like a warrior, He will arouse His zeal like a man of war. He will utter a shout, yes, He will raise a war cry. He will prevail against his enemies.” (Isa. 42:13)

 “For out of Jerusalem will go forth a remnant and out of Mount Zion survivors. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.” (Isa.37:32)

 “Thus my anger will be spent and I will satisfy My wrath on them, and I will be appeased; then they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken in My zeal when I have spent My wrath upon them.” (Eze. 5:13)

 “Then the Lord will be zealous for His land. And will have pity on His people.” (Joel 2:18)

 “He put on righteousness like a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing And wrapped Himself with zeal as a mantle.” (Isa. 59:17)

 Jesus is also Christians’ ultimate example. In John 2:13–22, the Lord was so “consumed” by zeal that He drove away the livestock and money changers who were turning the temple into a common house of business. However, this is far from His only expression of zeal. Jesus shows true lifelong zeal in everything from His fervent prayers to His unending love for the lost. Above all, His zeal is evident in His relentless pursuit of the Father’s will, even to the point of death (John 6:35–40, Matt. 26:42) First John 2:6 instructs, “the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked.” Because the Bible describes Jesus as living with such great zeal, His followers must seek to do the same.

~Eric