In the 3rd chapter of Zechariah, our Heavenly Father is having a Dad-child serious conversation...letting us know in no uncertain terms that our eternal enemy Satan, and his minions, his thoughts, his plans, his temptations, his only motivation relating to us is Satan’s personal  hope that he can stand beside The Lord one day to recite all our sins as our ACCUSER. Our Father, in Heaven, motivated by HIS Awesome Love for us, is reaching out to us in the book of Zechariah to warn us about the deceptions and tactics from Satan that we will face, to give us hope through HIS Grace&Mercy if we follow HIM. After the first 3 visions that God gives Zechariah, the Lord now gives him a vision that is the foundation on which to build our lives so that these 3 visions are “for us”, and so we will have the Protection of the Lord from the tactics & deceptions Satan has for us. Zechariah3:1-2 tells us about the true motivation of Satan and his “temptations/tactics”, and how Jesus snatches us from the accusations of Satan. In one way or another, Satan is behind every idea that leads us away from following the Lord. Sometimes Satan doesn’t need to be “personally involved”, because of how good a job he and his minions have done of seeding sin into our minds/hearts/lives/environment/etc., all motivated by his wicked plan to “keep a record” of our sins so that  one day he can stand beside the Lord as our ACCUSER (Zech3:1”Satan standing at his (Jesus) side to accuse him (us).”). Every time we stray a bit, Satan is keeping notes, and once in a while he gets “his jollies” by throwing these up to us so that he can fester guilt during our lifetime. BUT, in verse 2 Jesus stops the Accuser before he has time to run his mouth against us! The Lord rebukes Satan & tells him that Joshua (those saved from sin by Jesus “taking care of” all Satan could ever bring against us(Zech3:8-10)) has been “snatched from the fire”! Jesus is “standing up for us” so that everything Satan could ever say about us has been washed away by Jesus (Zech3:3-4). Jesus washes away absolutely everything that could ever be “brought against us” by any accuser! After our “washing”, Jesus gives us instructions about how we can keep away from the “dirt” the Satan wants to continuously throw at us. The Lord encourages us to “walk n my ways & keep my requirements, then you will govern my house & have charge of my courts, & I will give you a place among those standing here.”(Zech3:6-7). Jesus is giving us a perspective that is not only for our current lives, but one that includes eternal promises! Jesus’ plan for our lives is for us to not only have His “defense” against our accuser, but for us to have a place among the hero’s of the Bible in Heaven, throughout Eternity. And since HE is the ONLY person that will one day stand up against Satan’s accusations, we should trust Him now with what HE encourages us to do- “walk in His ways/instructions for our own good, & keep HIS Word/precepts/requirements n our hearts/minds/lives”! Dear Lord! This truth of one day having the Accuser stand before You to condemn me does not have the impact on my “thinking&living” that it should have. May YOUR “Standing Up for me” be one of the many things You have done for me, and are doing for me...that changes my heart/mind/life and gives me true perspective of what is important & how I need to be living every moment of my life.