HE WILL FINISH IT

ZECH.4:9  “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this temple; his hands shall also finish it. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you.”

The Lord always meets us in the worst of times. I was in one of those horrible times in 1990 when the Lord met me through a prophetic word. It was during a service at Victory Fellowship with Dick Mills. He spoke to me from Zechariah 4. The hands that laid the foundation of the house will finish it. The Lord said he was the capstone, finishing stone, as well as the corner stone. He said He would finish the work in our ministry, not by might nor by power but by His Spirit. That was a huge turnaround moment in my life. Nothing had changed but at the same time, everything had changed. That word breathed courage, hope, and expectancy into my heart, the finished work was inevitable. Here are some comments from the Spirit Filled Life Bible on Zechariah 4.

“The greatest displays of God’s power are not necessarily shows of force, mighty acts, or creative splendor. Rather, the supremacy of God’s power is seen in the ways He accomplishes His purposes through mere vessels of clay made ”

“mighty because He has infused them with His life. This text addresses a worn and weary Zerubbabel, who, having gallantly laid the temple’s foundation, was about to succumb to discouragement. But the word of God makes a declaration that, by the Spirit of God, Zerubbabel’s hands will complete the work God has destined for him. Discouragement can always be answered with God’s ability to grace and empower the human soul. His might is seen by what He does through the weak, the insignificant, the powerless—a Babe born in little Bethlehem, a timid Gideon, a melancholy Jeremiah, a band of twelve ordinary men (1 Cor. 1:26–28). Rest in this assurance: As long as the heart is turned toward Him in childlike trust, He will enable anyone to complete the work to which He has called them.”

Maybe you are a little discouraged (or even a lot discouraged) today. Let this word be a word for you. He is the alpha and omega, the first and the last, the author and finisher of your faith and His work. He will complete what He started. This best part is He will complete it in you.