Devotions

A Mountain too Big to Climb

Read: Ezra 5: 2, Zechariah 4:5-9



“What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain…”Zechariah 4:7

“Impossible! This will never get done! It’s too hard and there are too many obstacles in the way of success!”

Have you ever felt like that? Have you ever had a task before you that was so overwhelming it felt like a mountain too big to climb? In Zechariah 4:7 God tells Zerubbabel that He will make the mountain in front of him become a plain. In other words, God would change the mountain that was too big to climb into a flat plain which could easily be crossed.

And just what was this mountain that was before Zerubbabel? The mountain in this passage is most likely a symbolic mountain rather than a real one. If this passage is cross referenced with Ezra 5: 2, we find that the task before Zerubbabel was that of rebuilding the temple. This task (rebuilding the temple) was such an overwhelming one that it seemed like a mountain of work ahead of him! But what did God say He would do? God said He would turn the mountain into a plain. How was He going to do this? Not by might, nor by power, but by His Spirit.

Do you have a mountain of some kind in front of you? God, through His Spirit, can turn it into a plain which you can easily cross. You can trust Him with your mountains.

Prayer: Lord, You are a God who can make mountains into plains; the impossible possible. Teach us to trust you with our problems. In your Son’s name, Amen.



Thought for the Day: With God all things are possible!