March 30, 2025

BY GOD’S SPIRIT

Zechariah 4:6

And he answered and spoke to me, saying, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by mighty power nor by strength, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.

Personal Challenge

So often, those who proclaim to be following God, attempt to do things in their own power. When we are trying to do God’s work, He will not bless our efforts when we do it on our own. This has played out the same way for over 6,000 years. It will not be any different this time. The Christian Nationalists approach is to force their version of Christianity on the rest of our nation, and possibly even the world. God is not included in this process, so it will fail, and fail miserably. What God wants from His followers is for us to live our lives the way Jesus did. He loved everyone, especially those outcast by society. He wants us to do the same. That means loving the widow, the orphan, the homeless, the sick, the foreigner amongst us, those who are different than us, and even those who hate us. This is not how the current anti-woke, anti-everything but a small demographic mindset works. As followers of Christ we must make the choice to love like Jesus loves, accept the consequences, and let the Spirit of God build God’s kingdom through us. Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy! Lord have mercy!