Feb. 02, 2025

Zechariah 4:1-14

Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff

1. Lamp stands and Olive Trees (vs. 1-6a, 10b-14)

A. An Awakening (vs. 1, 2a)

B. A Lamp stand (vs. 2, 10 b)

Exodus 25:31, 37

Chronicles 2 16:9-10

C. Two Olive Trees (vs. 3, 11-14)

Jeremiah 23:13-14

Jeremiah 23:18

2. The Word and Spirit (vs. 6b-7)

A. Zerubbabel

Ezra 5:2

Haggai 1:1

Matthew 1:12-13

B. The 70 Year Mess

C. The Word of the Lord

2 Peter 1:20-21

2 Peter 3:15-16

2 Timothy 3:16-17

D. By the Spirit

Jeremiah 17:9-10

Ephesians 5:18

Luke 11:13

Galatians 5:22-25

3. The Day of Small Things (vs. 8-10b)

Luke 16:10

Matthew 17:19-20

A. Credibility of the Mission

B. It will be completed

Haggai 2:3-5

Ezra 3:11-13

Reflection:

1. Have you asked for the Spirit of God to fill you to accomplish the work that the Lord would have you do?

2. Is there something that you have been involved in for the Lord that seems “smaller” than what you want?

3. Can you trust the Lord with the results?

Follow UP in the Word through the Week…

Monday:

Read: 2 Peter 1:20-21

How does Peter help you to understand the nature of prophecy? How could this help you to explain this to someone else?

Tuesday:

Read: 2 Peter 3:15-16

What does this passage tell us about Peter’s view of Paul’s writings? How do these verses inform our view and function of Scripture?

Wednesday:

Read: 2 Timothy 3:16-17

What does Paul tell us about Scripture and what does Scripture do for us?

Thursday:

Read: Jeremiah 17:9-10

What does this passage tells us about the nature of our “hearts”? How would this passage go against what the culture around us says?

Friday:

Read: Ephesians 5:18

How does this passage compare with your true relationship with Jesus?

Saturday:

Read: Luke 11:13

What does this passage tell us about Jesus’ desire for us in regard to the Holy Spirit?