Zechariah 9:12 Return to the stronghold,You prisoners of hope. Even today I declare
That I will restore double to you.
We are prisoners of hope, which means that no matter how bad things may get in this life, we hope that thing will get better . In the same way , no matter how good things get in this life, we have hope that things will get better. We cling to the hope that God will restore to us double ( Harbor Community Church)
These powerful words are directed to those people who had returned from the Babylonian captivity. Their return had proved to be far less satisfying than they expected. Yahweh did not want them to drift into a state of hopelessness. He promised them a double blessing of what they had anticipated to receive.
Possibly ,so far your expectations have not been met . Your career and academia may not have met your expectations, your marriage and family life is a far below what you thought it was all about, the business may be below your targets, some people have let you down etc . Despite all these, we have hope that ” the best is yet to come”. Don’t loose hope, “Things are getting better” ( Cannonball Adderley & Milt Jackson)
Further readings:
Isa 61:7
Jer 29:11
Rom 15:13
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