Day 4: Not by Might, nor by Power, but by My Spirit



Zechariah 4

The fifth vision is among the most familiar and most needed in the entire book. Zechariah sees a golden candlestick (lampstand) with a bowl on top and seven lamps, and beside it two olive trees pouring oil into the bowl (4:2–3). When the prophet asks the meaning, the angel answers with the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: “Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts” (4:6).

The great mountain of opposition before Zerubbabel will become a plain. He will bring forth the headstone of the temple with shoutings of “Grace, grace unto it” (4:7). The hands of Zerubbabel that laid the foundation will also finish it (4:9). The two olive trees are “the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth” (4:14)—almost certainly representing the dual offices of king (Zerubbabel) and priest (Joshua), both ultimately fulfilled in the one Person of Jesus Christ, who is both King and Priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

This vision is pure gold for the weary servant of God. The work of rebuilding the temple looked impossible. Resources were scarce. Enemies were many. Discouragement was deep. Yet God declared that the work would not be accomplished by human strength, political power, or military might, but by the Spirit of the living God.

The same word stands for every conservative Christian and every local church today. We face cultural mountains that seem immovable. We labor with limited resources. We grow tired. The temptation is to trust in programs, personalities, or political solutions. Zechariah 4:6 cuts through all of that. The Spirit of God is still the only power that can finish the work God has begun. The same Spirit who hovered over the waters at creation, who empowered the judges, who filled the apostles at Pentecost, is still at work in the church of Jesus Christ.

Do not despise the day of small things (4:10). The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, rejoicing to see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel. He rejoices still to see faithful, often unnoticed labor done in the power of His Spirit. Keep building. Keep preaching. Keep praying. Keep holding the line of biblical truth. It is not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.

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