Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you! (Zechariah 9:9 ESV)
Exclamation Points
We do not often speak with exclamation points. We have learned, it seems, to hesitate before declaring enthusiasm. Even when good things happen, we expect those things to end soon. We would rather, sometimes, be doubters than enthusiasts who are proven wrong.
And the world is right to have that attitude. They do not know the future. They do not know true hope. They do not believe God’s promises. And if they did, the coming of the king would be bad news, not good.
But since God loves His people, since God blesses His people, since God has declared that the end of the story is better than the beginning, since God enthusiastically loves us… we can face the present and the future with excitement, anticipation, and joy.
We are peculiar, we can and should use exclamation points!