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**Zechariah 1:9** — *"What are these, my lord?" I asked. "I will show you what they are."*
The prophet does not pretend to understand the vision before him. He asks. And the angel does not rebuke his ignorance — he answers it.
There is a covenant faithfulness in that exchange worth dwelling on. God does not scatter revelation and then withdraw. He stations a messenger, invites the question, and walks the prophet through what he cannot yet see.
When the Spirit places something before you that you cannot name — a season, a silence, a calling not yet clear — the posture Scripture models here is not anxious deciphering. It is honest inquiry directed upward.
*"Show me what these are."*
That prayer is not weakness. It is the beginning of wisdom. The Shepherd who led Zechariah through the night visions is the same One who abides with you now.
Let us reflect on what we have been too proud — or too afraid — to simply ask.
The prophet does not pretend to understand the vision before him. He asks. And the angel does not rebuke his ignorance — he answers it.
There is a covenant faithfulness in that exchange worth dwelling on. God does not scatter revelation and then withdraw. He stations a messenger, invites the question, and walks the prophet through what he cannot yet see.
When the Spirit places something before you that you cannot name — a season, a silence, a calling not yet clear — the posture Scripture models here is not anxious deciphering. It is honest inquiry directed upward.
*"Show me what these are."*
That prayer is not weakness. It is the beginning of wisdom. The Shepherd who led Zechariah through the night visions is the same One who abides with you now.
Let us reflect on what we have been too proud — or too afraid — to simply ask.