NO HINDRANCE
Memorise: Who are thou, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel thou
shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone therefore with
shoutings, crying, Grace, unto it. Zechariah 4:7
Read: Zechariah 4:7-11, (KJV)
7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou
shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with
shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it.
8 Moreover the word of the Lord came
unto me, saying,
9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this
house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the Lord of
hosts hath sent me unto you.
10 For who hath despised the day of small things? for they
shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those
seven; they are the eyes of the Lord,
which run to and fro through the whole earth.
11 Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two
olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side
thereof?
Bible in one year: Isaiah 24-27, Psalms 34:11-22
MESSAGE
You must never allow anything to
hinder you from becoming what God wants you to become. Don’t give in to the
lies and fear that the devil is sending against you. In 1981, before I became
40 years old, I had been General Overseer for just a few months. One day, I
looked at myself in the mirror and I saw gray hair all over my head. We had
many problems in the church then. The Lord said I was carrying a burden that
was not mine and I responded by saying that I was carrying the burdens related
to the church. He said the church belonged to Him and that He could take care
of it. He said He just made me the General Overseer as a front so that people
will see a visible representative. I relaxed henceforth, and all my hair became
black again.
There are mountains that stand
between us and the things God wants us to achieve. These mountains could be
issues that are hindering the actualisation of our set goals. The mountain
could be people who do not see or understand what God is saying to you yet; or
it could be people who are falsely accusing you, but you can be sure that God
will always reduce all your mountains into plains. There are certain burdens
and problems that are too big for you to carry? All you need do is to hand them
over to the Burden Bearer. In Numbers 16:1-35, three
men; Korah, Dathan and Abiram, came with the intention of hindering the
assignments that God gave to Moses. They accused him of turning the leadership
of the congregation into a family affair. They said Aaron his brother was a
priest while Miriam his sister was the Choirmaster. In the midst of this
mountain, Moses turned to God for intervention. The Lord told Moses to stand
aside and watch Him fight against the mountains that were rising before him to
hinder the work He had committed into his hand. By the time God was through
with the mountains, they had all become plains.
When mountains rise against you,
don’t waste your time entertaining any fear. When the Almighty God is on your
side, it does not matter the problems confronting you, testimonies will be the
final result in your favour. The Bible says in Psalms 30:5:
“Weeping may endure for a night but joy cometh in the
morning.”
What is that sickness hindering
you? The Almighty God will be your personal Physician. If it is poverty that
wants to hinder all the great dreams that the Almighty God has given to you, do
not fear the hindrance because He will supply all your needs according to His
riches in glory. Are there people standing up against you? Are they persecuting
you and distracting you from that which God has designed you for? Just relax;
God who levels all mountains knows the best judgement for your enemies. He has
assured you that when the enemies come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord
will raise up a standard against them. He has assured you that no weapon
fashioned against you shall prosper. He will supply you with the strength to
succeed when failure rises up. He will still all the storms rocking your boat
and at the end you will look for the mountains but you will see them no more in
Jesus’ name.
Key Point
There is no mountain that is beyond God.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional, written by Pastor E.A
Adeboye
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