// Read: Zechariah 3: 1-7 //
3 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan[a] standing at his right side to accuse him. 2 The Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, Satan! The Lord, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?”
3 Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. 4 The angel said to those who were standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes.”
Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have taken away your sin, and I will put fine garments on you.”
5 Then I said, “Put a clean turban on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the Lord stood by.
6 The angel of the Lord gave this charge to Joshua: 7 “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements, then you will govern my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.
MEDITATION:
What is it that can make a man to be resisted in the place where he was supposed to be assisted? It is sin. Sin gives the devil license to strike against a child of God. Double standard will attract double standing in your life (Satan and God). A stand of assistance may be faced with a stand of resistance until you do away with that filthy garment of sin on your neck. Are there secret sins in your life? Confess them and forsake them. Do not let the devil resist you, desist from sin.
PRAYER: Pray about it.