You know how I was talking about that my devotion so many times parallels our lesson. I just turned to today's devotion and the scripture is from Zechariah 4:6 which I quoted yesterday ( "Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit," says the LORD Almighty.)
I'll share the rest with you just in case you are curious.
Once I walked along the road on a steep hill. I caught sight of a boy on a bicycle near the bottom.
He was pedaling uphill against the wind and was obviously working tremendously hard. Just as he was
exerting the greatest effort and painfully doing the best he could do, a streetcar, also going uphill, approached him.
It was not traveling too fast for the boy to grab a rail at the rear, and I am sure you can guess the result.
He went up the hill as effortlessly as a bird gliding through the sky.
This thought then flashed through my mind: "I am like that boy on the bicycle in my weariness and weakness.
I am pedaling uphill against all kinds of opposition and am almost worn out with the task. But nearby there is a great
power available - the strength of the Lord Jesus. All I must do is get in touch with Him and maintain communication with Him.
And even if I grab hold with only a little finger of faith, it will be enough to make His power mine to accomplish the act of service
that now overwhelms me."
Seeing the boy on the bicycle helped me to set aside my weariness and to recognize this great truth.
from Streams in the Desert
Have a Great Day
Mike
