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God’s Unwavering Faithfulness: Empowered by the Holy Spirit
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When we embark on any work, including work that we consider to be for God, sometimes we worry that we’ll never be ready to do this, that we don’t have sufficient resources or strength or wisdom. A prophecy in the Book of Zachariah has us covered today. And the background to this is that Zerubbabel, the governor, has been told to rebuild the temple and this is a massive task.
Zachariah chapter four, verse six. Then 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 of Hosts."
This is the way that God operates with us, weak mere mortals. He chooses to fill us with his Spirit, with his inspiration, with his strength, with his power, so that we can do the work that he asks of us. He’s not looking for strong or educated or wealthy or powerful people. He is looking for submitted people who will love him and obey him.
And so if God has asked something of you that seems absolutely daunting, do not worry my friend. He says to you, as he said to Zerubbabel, not by might, not by power, but by his Holy Spirit. What he asks of us, he will equip us to do.
And sometimes we don’t feel like we’ve got that equipping before we set out. And yet the tools arrive in our hands the moment we need them.
God is a faithful God. He cannot help but be faithful because that is who he is. It’s a core characteristic.
He hasn’t brought us this far to leave us, to let us down. So let us put those cares, those worries, those concerns to one side and trust and rely and lean on our Lord and God.
Thank you God, that you do equip us to do your work. And indeed, unless you build the house, we, the workers labour in vain. God, we submit to you and we ask you to use us in your work on this earth and in our communities. Amen.
