The Might

"Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the LORD Almighty." Zechariah 4:6 (NIV)

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I built most of my life by might, muscle, effort, the sheer force of trying harder than the problem in front of me.

When that failed, I assumed I simply had not tried hard enough yet.

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But some mountains were never going to move by muscle.

You are not an addition to my strength. You are the alternative to it, the very different, quieter power that moves what my straining never could.

The moment I stopped forcing and started yielding, something shifted that no amount of my own effort had ever touched.

I called my exhaustion diligence.

It was You, waiting for me to stop trying by might so You could finally move by Spirit.

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Forgive me for exhausting myself with strength that was never going to be enough.

This was never a contest of effort.

It was always going to be by You.

Spirit of might, move what my own strength has never been able to move.

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A Prayer of Thanksgiving

Thank You, Holy Spirit, for a power that does not depend on my strength.

Thank You for moving mountains my effort could never touch.

Teach me to yield instead of strain. Amen.

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