By My Spirit

Monday’s Scripture Readings:
OT: Zechariah 4-5
NT: Revelation 15

Tuesday’s Scripture Readings:
OT: Zechariah 6-7
NT: Revelation 16

Wednesday’s Scripture Readings:
OT: Zechariah 8
NT: Revelation 17

Thursday’s Scripture Readings:
OT: Zechariah 9
NT: Revelation 18

Friday’s Scripture Readings:
OT: Zechariah 10
NT: Luke 2.1-20

Today’s Reflection:

“This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty. What are you, O mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of ‘God bless it! God bless it!’” (Zechariah 4.6-7)

We can put our names in there in place of Zerubbabel! (That’s good, because most of us have names easier to spell and type!) God tells us to depend on him, not our own ingenuity or strength or influence. To be sure, we must use all of our resources in pursuing life’s purpose, but we must do so with the realization that God must bless it or it is in vain.

O hungry heart, you will be filled! O thirsty soul you will be quenched. O weary worker, you will be renewed.

Like the prophet Zechariah we can draw endurance from the twin sources of divine fuel (the olive trees on either side of the lamps in Zechariah’s vision – see chapter 4.3). Be strengthened by the twin sources of:
• Word and Spirit
• Faith and Obedience
• Prayer and Fasting
• Praise and Worship
• Presence and Promise

This Week’s Scripture to Memorize:
Luke 2.14: Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.