By Thy Spirit of God!

By Thy Spirit

"Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith Jehovah of hosts" (Zech. 4:6).

My way led up a hill, and right at the foot I saw a boy on a bicycle. He was pedaling up hill against the wind, and evidently found it a tremendously hard work. Just as he was working most strenuously and doing his best painfully, there came a trolley car going in the same direction--up the hill.

It was not going too fast for the boy to get behind it, and with one hand to lay hold of the bar at the back. Then you know what happened. He went up that hill like a bird. Then it flashed upon me:

"Why, I am like that boy on the bicycle in my weariness and weakness. I am pedaling up hill against all kinds of opposition, and am almost worn out with the task. But here at hand is a great available power, the strength of the Lord Jesus.

"I have only to get in touch with Him and to maintain communication with Him, though it may be only one little finger of faith, and that will be enough to make His power mine for the doing of this bit of service that just now seems too much for me." And I was helped to dismiss my weariness and to realize this truth.  --The Life of Fuller Purpose
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God has bequeathed His divine power to us. For he has promised to do exceedingly, abundantly, and above all that we can ask or even imagine by the power that works in us. Christ said that there would be power after the Holy Spirit has overtaken us. God himself indwells us (for greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world), so there is nothing that the wielder of faith cannot accomplish.

Joshua's radical & audacious faith was powerful enough to cause the sun to stand still. Hannah's faith freed her barren womb. Elijah's faith commanded the elements. Hezekiah's faith added 15 years to his life. Jacob's faith secured him a new identity. Bartimaeus' faith retrieved his vision. The women with the issues of blood found her healing through faith. Gideon's faith allowed him to take 300 men and conquer a nation. It was faith that brought down the walls of Jericho. Faith parted the Red Sea. is there anything impossible for God? I think not, God specializes in the impossible.

Dr. Rick Wallace

It is time to to step out on faith and let God move through you. God wants to push His power through you to affect many. Your power is useless in this spiritual journey, but the power that has been provided by our Lord is more than sufficient. Stand up soldier and prepare for battle. It is time to fight the good fight. It is time to to put the enemy on notice. God has given us a great work, but He has equipped us for the battle. Don't you dare fall back, you were built for this. Those tears you shed through your broken heart was preparing you for this moment. That bought of loneliness that you conquered was preparing you for this moment. That failed marriage was preparing you for this moment. That betrayal was preparing you for this moment.


This is the time that you walk out. It is time. Rise up and walk in the power of your anointing and shout down the wall of trepidation. Shout down the wall of incompetence, shout down the wall of uncertainty, shout down the wall of fear. Shout down the wall of inferiority. Shout down the wall of mediocrity. My brothers and sisters, you have arrived at the banks of the Jordan, on the other side is the promised land. Step out on Faith! ~ Dr. Rick Wallace