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bluidkiti · 03-10-2014, 10:52 AM

Mountains into Molehills

For who are you, O great mountain [of human obstacles]? Before Zerubbabel [who with Joshua had led the return of the exiles from Babylon and was undertaking the rebuilding of the temple, before him] you shall become a plain [a mere molehill]! And he shall bring forth the finishing gable stone [of the new temple] with loud shoutings of the people, crying, Grace, grace to it!
—Zechariah 4:7

The Samaritans who came against the Israelites as they were building the temple of the Lord had become like a mountain of human obstacles, frustrating them and preventing them from doing what God had commanded them to do. That may be the situation in which you find yourself right now as you read these words. You may feel that the Lord has told you to do something but that the enemy has thrown up a mountain in your path to frustrate you and prevent you from carrying out the Lord's will. If so, I know just how you feel because that is exactly the way I used to feel. The problem is one of perspective.

In this passage the Lord tells Zechariah that the problem facing the Israelites, although it may appear to be a mountain, is actually a molehill. How would you like for all your mountains to become molehills? They can, if you will do what God is saying here and look not at the problems but at the Lord and His power. If God has told you to do something, it is certainly His will not only that you begin it but also that you finish it.

From the book New Day, New You by Joyce Meyer.

MajestyJo · 03-12-2014, 07:44 PM

Not too sure, we all don't do this, but none does it better than a paranoid alcoholic/addict.

We focus on something, become totally obsessive/compulsive about it, and there is no way we are going to give it up or let it be, never mind letting it go. It becomes the be all and end all, and everything and everyone in our life gets put aside. It is one of the natures of our disease. That is why we need to go to our God to have Him remove it from us, what ever "it" is, and when one is gone, another can take it's place if we don't continue to let go and let God.

When we look at something, hold onto it, it grows and becomes a burden and is blown out of proportion. Our God brings it back to the right size and it becomes manageable, through Him.

03-10-2014, 10:52 AM	#1
bluidkiti Administrator Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 74,237	Mountains into Molehills Mountains into Molehills For who are you, O great mountain [of human obstacles]? Before Zerubbabel [who with Joshua had led the return of the exiles from Babylon and was undertaking the rebuilding of the temple, before him] you shall become a plain [a mere molehill]! And he shall bring forth the finishing gable stone [of the new temple] with loud shoutings of the people, crying, Grace, grace to it! —Zechariah 4:7 The Samaritans who came against the Israelites as they were building the temple of the Lord had become like a mountain of human obstacles, frustrating them and preventing them from doing what God had commanded them to do. That may be the situation in which you find yourself right now as you read these words. You may feel that the Lord has told you to do something but that the enemy has thrown up a mountain in your path to frustrate you and prevent you from carrying out the Lord's will. If so, I know just how you feel because that is exactly the way I used to feel. The problem is one of perspective. In this passage the Lord tells Zechariah that the problem facing the Israelites, although it may appear to be a mountain, is actually a molehill. How would you like for all your mountains to become molehills? They can, if you will do what God is saying here and look not at the problems but at the Lord and His power. If God has told you to do something, it is certainly His will not only that you begin it but also that you finish it. From the book New Day, New You by Joyce Meyer. __________________ "No matter what you have done up to this moment, you get 24 brand-new hours to spend every single day." --Brian Tracy AA gives us an opportunity to recreate ourselves, with God's help, one day at a time. --Rufus K. When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. --Franklin D. Roosevelt We stay sober and clean together - one day at a time! God says that each of us is worth loving.

03-12-2014, 07:44 PM	#2
MajestyJo Super Moderator Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 25,078	Not too sure, we all don't do this, but none does it better than a paranoid alcoholic/addict. We focus on something, become totally obsessive/compulsive about it, and there is no way we are going to give it up or let it be, never mind letting it go. It becomes the be all and end all, and everything and everyone in our life gets put aside. It is one of the natures of our disease. That is why we need to go to our God to have Him remove it from us, what ever "it" is, and when one is gone, another can take it's place if we don't continue to let go and let God. When we look at something, hold onto it, it grows and becomes a burden and is blown out of proportion. Our God brings it back to the right size and it becomes manageable, through Him. __________________ Love always, Jo I share because I care.

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