August 23, 2023: Shout Grace! Grace!

"Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward the top stone amid shouts of 'Grace, grace to it!'" (Zechariah 4:7, ESV)

If there is one thing I know for sure, I cannot move a mountain! All of us have faced mountains in our lives at some point. It may be the mountain of broken relationships, financial hardship, health problems, and more. Everyone will meet a mountain someday. A mountain is nothing more than something that is too big for us to move out of our way. It is a God-sized issue requiring a God-sized response.
    
Rebuilding Jerusalem looked like too big of a job for Zerubbabel. But Zechariah, the prophet, stepped back, looked up at the mountain of difficulty, and prophesied to it! "Who are you, O great mountain!?" Then he prophesied what that mountain was going to do. "You shall become a plain and not hinder what Zerubbabel is called to do."
    
You, too, can step back, look up at your problem and prophesy to it. It is a mountain in your life because it is bigger than you and your resources. It requires a God response! For that mountain to move, it must encounter the ability/grace of God. So we say, "Who are you? You are no match for my God!" Grace, grace, shouts of grace to you, O, mountain. When the mountain encounters the grace of God, it has no choice, and it must move! Grace activated by faith moves mountains!