Prisoners of Hope 8: God Always Win - Zechariah 14

This summer our son became married in Germany. We flew there and were hosted in the home of a woman maybe 75 year old who had recently lost her husband to illness. She herself was dealing with cancer. The treatments had already claimed all of her hair, so she wore a head covering the whole time. And shortly after we left, she went for a double mastectomy. What struck us about this woman, though she had so many struggles and plenty of causes for complaint, you never heard about that. She was so full of hope, all the time. So hospitable though she doesn't speak a word of English. This 75-year-old woman just full of joy, patience, vision, optimism. She leads Bible study in her church every week. On and on. What a remarkable woman. I was thinking about that because today's our last sermon in this series that we call "Prisoners of Hope" out of the book of Zechariah. A phrase which means we are imprisoned to hope itself, we can't even escape from it. That's how it is when we know God, are claimed by God, have a future with God. But there are many other things that seem to take precedence. What was so gripping to that woman, which is what I want to talk about here today, is that God wins. He always does. I wanna read Zechariah 14 and unpack it. It has to do with things to come.Extra reading: Revelation 20:1-6Preacher: Bill Dyck