4/13 - Zechariah 7:1-8:23 | From Fasting to Feasting with Favor

Co-lead pastor Alex Leyva continued our series in Zechariah with a look at the condition of the Israelites’ hearts—and God’s response.

We began in chapter 7, where the Israelites were going through the motions of religion with hollow rituals that left them far from the Lord and unable to hear His voice. But God’s response to their hardened hearts wasn’t rejection—it was a promise. A promise to rebuild the city and restore them to flourishing. Not just as a city, but as a people redeemed to the Lord and rooted in meaningful relationship with Him.

God’s restoration of the Israelites led to a transformation so profound that people around them began to long for the hope they had. In the same way, the Gospel shows us that we don’t move from hollow religion to true relationship by our own strength—it’s Jesus who redeems us from the curse of sin and gives us new hearts that pursue Him.

Our city and our world are hungry for something that truly satisfies. May we be a people so deeply rooted in Jesus that He draws others to Himself through how we live.