Zechariah 4:5-6 (NIV)
5 He answered, “Do you not know what these are?”
“No, my lord,” I replied.
6 So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to
Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my
Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.
There are times in each of our spiritual lives when we face
challenges far too big for our own resources and strengths. Zerubabbel faced
such a challenge. God sent a prophet to remind him, and us through him, that
our greatest victories will not be won by our power and might. No, these
greatest victories, the ones that catch us up in God's great story of
salvation, will occur when we trust that God's power is greater than our
weakness and God's might is greater than our insufficiency. The real question
that each of us must face is very simple: in our personal lives, and in our
ministry efforts, where do we place our trust and what is the source of our
confidence? Are they in our abilities, skills, insight, and strength or God's?
Thought for today: What is my faith rooted in ?
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