By My Spirit

So he answered and 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 of hosts.   Zechariah 4:6

In this age we want to see the Lord come in power and might, but then we have this promise to Zerubbabel by way of Zechariah. The two names might gain our attention if nothing else will. Power and might are easy for us to see, and the Lord's power and might are of course overwhelming even to the unbeliever. The Spirit of the Lord is of course the Lord Himself, and would seem at first to be just what we want to see. However, the Lord Jesus gave to us His Spirit, and the power and might at work is often in small, inside the heart ways we do not see so easily. It would be easy for us to look at the protests in the cities and lament that no one has changed. But is that true? Has not the Spirit of the Lord Jesus worked in you and in me to effect a great change though we may not see it over the span of years? Are we each the same person He saved by faith back in the day? As for me, I can say that no, I am not the same and the growth continues each day with Him. 

We cannot deny the work of the Spirit in our brothers and sisters in Christ, but we also cannot deny that others are fleeing further away from our Lord God. The sword of the Lord's Spirit is also dividing us, sheep from goat, as the end comes closer each day. 

Have a day of peace in Christ our Lord!

Bucky