Strength in Our Struggles

 

Not by might,

not by power,

but by My Spirit,

   says the LORD of hosts.

Who are you,

        O great mountain?

Before Zerubbabel

   you shall become a plain.

And He shall bring forward

 the top stone amid shouts of

     "Grace, grace to it!"

            Zechariah 4. 6-7

(When do we come to realize

  it is not within our might

     or power or control,

but through the Spirit

  that will change this situation?

This enormous mountain

          of difficulty,

too steep to scale,

impossible even to comprehend,

requires no ordinary strength

   but the supernatural power of God.

God never intended for us

      to carry this alone.

And over it all,

God always calls out,

   for His grace to cover us.

May His Spirit infiltrate,

   change the landscape,

and strengthen our hearts.

We are overwhelmed.

Sometimes God pointblank

   removes the mountain.

Sometimes He amazingly

   shows us how

      to follow Him through it.

"I am with you.

     Over here. This way!"

When we trust Him,

God provides a way

    where there seems

    to be no way.)

O LORD,

This mountain, this difficulty,

this hard situation

           or relationship

is way beyond what we can

      handle on our own.

Reveal not just Your way

            through this,

but reveal Yourself to us.

We need You.

Please help us

   to be faithful in following You

and know that

      we do not walk alone.