The Power of God

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Speaker Notes

Zechariah 4:1-10

The Gold Lampstand and the Two Olive Trees

4.1 Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke me up, like someone awakened from sleep. 2 He asked me, “What do you see?”

I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven channels to the lamps. 3 Also there are two olive trees by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”

4 I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”

5 He answered, “Do you not know what these are?”

“No, my lord,” I replied.

6 So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.

7 “What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground. Then he will bring out the capstone to shouts of ‘God bless it! God bless it!’”

8 Then the word of the Lord came to me: 9 “The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this temple; his hands will also complete it. Then you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.

10 “Who dares despise the day of small things, since the seven eyes of the Lordthat range throughout the earth will rejoice when they see the chosen capstone in the hand of Zerubbabel?”

Isaiah 40:31

31 but those who hope in the Lord
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.

Mark Twain letter to George Bainton, 10/15/1888

The difference between the almost right word & the right
word is really a large matter – it’s the difference between
the lightning bug and the lightning.

Sam Hollo is former Senior Pastor, Westgate Church (Weston, MA; 1982-2008),

and currently works with The Carpenter’s Workshop in their Marriage Ministry