We have seen how from disorder God made the heavens and the earth. This gives us a rock-solid basis for confidence that God can and will bring order to disorder in our lives. Whether it is personal, political, spiritual in our relationship with God, or devotional. God’s purposes for us may not be as we would wish. But we can be confident that it will be for his glory, and better than any of us can possibly imagine.

God promises through Zechariah that even the most vulnerable who are faithful to him will be invincible, like mighty warriors. Yes, we might take some knocks, and what we endure may be unpleasant. But God creates order from disorder, and the order that God creates will be far superior to anything we’ve had before.