The people of Judah couldn’t help but be discouraged with the meager progress of rebuilding the Temple. Zerubbabel, governor of Jerusalem, along with a ragtag group of exiles had returned from Babylon to start the rebuilding…but it was slow going…and everyone was demoralized. So God first spoke to Zerubbabel, showing him that his sufficiency must rest in God and not in his finite and limited human abilities. “It’s not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord Almighty.” (Zechariah 4:6) In addition, God reassured Zerubbabel that he would not only complete laying the Temple foundation, but finish it. (Zechariah 4:9) God then reminds the people that they could not judge His work by human standards, for even though it may look like insignificant progress,(small things) the real power to complete this monumental task would come from Him and no one else.
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