Zechariah
4:6-7---Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the
LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit,
saith the LORD of hosts. Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou
shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with
shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
Zerubbabel
was concerned that he will not be able to finish the work the Lord had called
him to do. The obstacles before him seemed like a mountain that had to be
moved. There were political enemies, threats of physical violence, and the
people who were doing the work had their own concerns for family and safety.
Then the angel of the LORD conveyed a message from the LORD to Zerubbabel. It
is not by might or power, but by the Spirit of the LORD that things are
accomplished. What a relief those words must have been to him. The message went
on to say that the mountain of obstacles would become level ground. He would
bring out the final finishing stone while the people shout blessings on the
finished Temple. Many of you reading this devotional probably look at your
church and see a mountain that must be moved before it can be the church God
wants it to be. How in the world will you get from here to there? It is not by
might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the LORD. Man often intervenes with
his power and might and ends up making a bigger mountain. Ask the LORD to do it
by His Spirit. Act only at His leading. You will bring out that capstone with
the people shouting, "God bless it!"
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