Have you ever felt like you were coasting through life, struggling to just survive? 

The book of Zechariah was written to Israel during a time of great uncertainty.  Israel's seventy year exile to Babylon had ended, and God had allowed them to go back to their homeland as He promised.  However, things were difficult.  Many Israelites had grown comfortable in Babylon and were reluctant to go.  Those that went faced a homeland in ruin that needed to be completely rebuilt.  In addition, Israel had to fight off enemies within their homeland that wanted to thwart and kill them.  So for sixteen years they stopped rebuilding the Temple and were merely coasting through life, trying to survive.

Today, Pastor Rich will show us that like Israel after their exile, God doesn't want us to coast through life, merely surviving.  He wants us to be a light to others, pointing them to Him.  

Zechariah 1:1-6