Zechariah 4:6  So He said to them, "This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the Lord Almighty."

Seven-year-old Spencer opened his birthday present and found a battery-operated toy robot. The box for the toy was illustrated with pictures of all the different things the robot would do. Spencer set the robot on the table and waited. Nothing happened. Spencer reached over and manually tried to force the arm and leg movements depicted on the box. The arms and legs wouldn't move. Spencer tried harder and broke off one of the arms. He was angry and threw the robot on the floor. Spencer didn't realize he had to flip on the off-on switch to tap into the power from the batteries inside the toy.

Many of us are like Spencer. We get an idea of things we want to do, opportunities to minister we want to take advantage of, and ways we want to live. Then we start working on our own strength to reach our goals. Often we find that nothing goes right for us. We do not get to do what we want. We do not find opportunities to use our gifts fro singing, writing, speaking, teaching, or administering. We do not reach our goals. We become disillusioned, heartbroken, angry, and bitter.
 

The problem is that we fail to tap into the power source within us, the Holy Spirit. In our own strength we cannot succeed. If we try to force situations to go our own way, we may end up hurt or hurting someone else. If we trust in the guidance of the Holy Spirit, the opportunities for action come at the right times. The Holy Spirit empowers us to do the right things. We will succeed.

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