Charles Spurgeon Commentary Zechariah 8:6

"Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith Jehovah of hosts." — Zechariah 8:6 (ASV)

This is a very remarkable passage, warning us not to judge God by ourselves. Though something may be difficult for us, there are no difficulties with God. Indeed, even if we imagine anything to be impossible for humans, the word 'impossibility' has no relation to the Deity, for with God all things are possible. Are you in trouble today? Do you say that it is impossible for you to be delivered? It is an easy thing for God to deliver you, though the task seems so hard to you.

Do you feel the weight of your sin, and do you imagine that it is impossible for your sin to be pardoned? Would you look upon it as a miracle; and because it seems so marvelous to you, do you think it is marvelous in God's eyes? Remember what He said by the mouth of Isaiah: My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. Consider the infinite difference between God and humans, and look no longer at God through the misleading glasses of your own feebleness.