A New Day

By: Pastor Johnie Akers     

Zechariah 14:6, 7, “And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark:  But it shall be one day which shall be known to the Lord, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light.”  A New York plumber of foreign extraction with a limited command of English wrote the National Bureau of Standards and said he found that hydrochloric acid quickly opened drainage pipes when they became clogged and asked if it was a good thing to use.  A Bureau scientist replied: “The efficacy of hydrochloric acid is indisputable, but the corrosive residue is incompatible with metallic permanence.”  The plumber wrote back thanking the Bureau for telling him that the method was all right.  The scientist was a little disturbed and showed the correspondence to his boss, another scientist.  After talking with his boss, the scientist then wrote the plumber: “We cannot assume responsibility for the production of toxic and noxious residue with hydrochloric acid and suggest you use an alternative procedure.”  The plumber wrote back that he agreed with the Bureau—hydrochloric acid works fine.  The scientist’s boss not wanting to be misunderstood any further by the plumber broke the impasse by eliminating the technical terminology and responded: “Don’t use hydrochloric acid.  It eats the heck out of the pipes.”  The plumber then understood the message.  Sometimes we encounter issues where the answer seems more confusing than the problem.  In our Scripture lesson today, the prophet Zechariah looked ahead at the first advent of our Lord Jesus Christ and noted “that at evening time it shall be light.”  In Scripture, darkness represents the absence of revelation.  Light represents the presence of revelation.  God offers continual clarity and insight in a world of confusion.  There is no darkness in His kingdom.  In Christ Jesus, there is no more night.  If your present path seems clouded with darkness, and uncertainty marks your life, then come, my friend, into the kingdom of our God and of His Christ, where every day is a continually bright new day.