Zechariah 4:6 “This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts’”

DAILY READING – – 1 Corinthians 4; 1 Kings 17; Amos 1

Boniface Wynfrid is known in history as the Apostle of Germany and was a leading Christian figure during the 8th century.
Initially, when Boniface came as a missionary to evangelize Germany, he was met with failure. Despite his attempts, he could not turn the people away from their pagan religions to faith in Christ Jesus. Frustrated by his fruitless efforts, Boniface turned to God for help.
He realized that he could not convince the people on his own and needed an extraordinary display of God’s power. As he acknowledged his own helplessness and began to rely more on God, there was a mighty manifestation of power in his ministry.
One day Boniface announced he was going to cut down a tree known as Thor’s Oak which was dedicated to Thor, whom the Germans worshipped as the god of thunder and of war. The audacious act of cutting down a tree consecrated to Thor would demonstrate to the people that they had been worshiping a false god.
On the announced day, a crowd of pagans gathered at the tree, confident that Thor would show his power and strike down the brash missionary. As Boniface began chopping at the tree with his ax, the pagans waited for Thor to do something, but nothing happened. Then as they watched, the tree came crashing down.
Legend has it that Boniface even used wood from the tree to build a chapel. This mighty show of God’s power marked a significant turning point in Boniface’s ministry. Many of the people quickly turned to God and the Gospel spread across Germany.
Finally, what Boniface could not achieve by his own efforts was quickly realized when God showed His mighty power.

Our labour will be fruitless until we acknowledge our helplessness and turn to God for help. Everyone God has ever used to bring revival has always been men and women who realized their total dependence upon God.

Zechariah 4:6 says “This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, ‘Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts’”

The more we come empty before God and seek the help of His Spirit, the more His anointing and power will flow in our lives.

2 Kings 4 tells the story of one of the greatest miracles from the Old Testament. The widow of the prophet needed a miracle because her sons were being taken into slavery to pay her dead husband’s debt.
Prophet Elisha asked her to bring empty vessels to be miraculously filled with oil that she could sell to offset the debt. As long as she presented empty vessels, the oil supernaturally kept flowing. But when she stopped bringing the empty vessels, the flow of the oil ceased.
As believers, we are earthen vessels and we can determine how much oil of the anointing flows in our lives by how much room we make for God.
We will experience supernatural overflow when we come before God and acknowledge our desperate need for His power.
Many times why people experience failure, defeat or lack of progress is because they are too self-dependednt. They think they can make it in life with their expertise, education, human connections or smartness. It can be easy to make projections based on our own strength or abilities. But the truth is that the arm of flesh will always fail, while God’s faithfulness never fails.
Without Christ we can do nothing, but through Him we can do all things.

Jesus says in John 15:4-5 ‘Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.’

To see fruitfulness, we need to abide in Christ. And this we do through a lifestyle of depending on His Word, fervent prayers amd intimacy wth the Spirit. When we walk closely with Christ, we will thrive, but separated from Him, we will wither.
Certainly, with God on our side, we can never be stranded or suffer stagnation in life. God is the source of all our victories. When He is at work in our lives, we will keep moving from glory to glory.
Today, as we praise Him and acknowledge our continual need for Him, surely, He will exceed our expecations and overflow our lives with His miracles and wonders,

PRAYER: Lord, please help me to pay the necessary spiritual price so that I can experience an eruption of Your power and miracles in my life. Thank You Lord for supernatural overflow and fruitfulness in all my endeavors in Jesus Name
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