Not By Might Nor By Power

ZECHARIAH 4:6  Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, 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.

Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit... what a concept! It's almost incomprehensible by today's standards, and yet it's so simple. God doesn't need to use His power or His might to accomplish anything. He doesn't twist your arm behind your back and shout in your ear, "This is it, I've had it! Repent or else!" He doesn't set angels with flaming swords next to the computer to keep you from going to xrated sites. He uses His Spirit. He's that "still small voice" in your heart telling you good from bad. But He lets you make the choice.

I wonder why, then, we so often choose to doing things within our own might and power. How is it that the meek one, who barely whispers an Amen on Sunday, can scream at their spouse on Monday? What kind of a man would lay a finger on his wife and use his brawn to intimidate and abuse her? God doesn't use lung power and physical might to get our attention, does He?

You say, I don't know what else to do, well I want you to try this: be sweet. Be kind. Be longsuffering. Be patient. Be slow to anger. Be quick to forgive. Set the tone of the home with your attitude. Rejoice in the day that He hath made. Endure the trials of life. Count it all joy. It's time that YOU changed the atmosphere. Without using your lung power.