Mountain shall become plain

 AATHAVAN 🖋️ 653 ⛪ November 11, 2022 Friday

"Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it." ( Zechariah 4 : 7 )

King Cyrus freed the Israelites who were slaves in Babylon and gave them permission to build the temple in Jerusalem that Nebuchadnezzar had destroyed. Accordingly the people of Israel returned to Jerusalem and built the temple. But the enemies of the Jews forbade it. They sent false complaints to King Artaxerxes who succeeded King Korus and banned the construction of the temple.

This was a great obstacle for the Israelites who were engaged in the construction of the Temple under the leadership of Zerubbabel. They cried and prayed to the God of heaven. The Lord's words came through the prophet Zechariah to strengthen them. The verse before today's meditation says, "This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. ( Zechariah 4 : 6 ) Fear not Zerubbabel, I will accomplish this by my Spirit, says the Lord.

Beloved, today we may encounter various obstacles in our spiritual life and worldly life. Failures may occur. But like Zerubbabel, if we live as acceptable to the Lord and do acceptable deeds, the great mountain will become plain before us, as said to Zerubbabel.

Replace your name to that place instead of the name Zerubbabel and believe. For example, I would say, "O great mountain? before Geo Prakash thou shalt become a plain" Beloved, faith will arise in us when we say like this.

The Lord's word to Zerubbabel was fulfilled when King Darius took over Babylon. The mountain-like barrier disappeared and became a plain. Work on the Temple in Jerusalem continued without any interruption.

The main reason for this is that Zerubbabel did not believe in his own strength. As told by the Lord, "Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts" Zerubbabel waited patiently for the Spirit of the Lord to work according to the words.

We should do the same. When problems arise, let's not rely on our own strength, but rely on God's strength. When we do so, the hand of God's grace will be with us from the beginning; We will have unhindered success. This is what is said, "he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it." Yea, the hand of his grace shall be in all our works which are done before the Lord; We will win.

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