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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 5 of 5
Zechariah 4:1-14
Zechariah, by his questions, ranks among the prophets who, according to 1 Peter 1:10-11, searched diligently into their own writings. They sought in them the One who has now been revealed to us in His sufferings and in His glories (e.g. Zechariah 13:5-7; Zechariah 6:13). What pictures of Christ we have in this chapter! He is the true golden candlestick, the light of the world (John 8:12). At the same time He is the heavenly Zerubbabel, the guarantor of the blessing of His people. In Zechariah 3:9 He was the stone laid as the foundation. We see Him here as the top-stone, the key stone of the roof of building. Put in another way, it is He who in grace begins and finishes the work of the House of God (Ezra 3:10; Ezra 5:15-16).
As to the seven lamps of the holy candlestick, we love to see in them the believers (Revelation 1:20). They also are called "the light of the world" (read Matthew 5:14-16). This light is maintained by the Holy Spirit (the oil), the only divine source for the believer’s activity. "Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit" says the LORD (v. 6; Psalms 44:3-8). When we realise our own helplessness, God is pleased to act and to remove every "mountain" from our path (v. 7; Matthew 17:20). Let us not, therefore, despise the present day of "small things" (v. 10); it can be a day of great faith and great devotion.
