142 GOOD MORNING, HOLY SPIRIT
Here's the only conclusion I have been able to reach.
The reason the church and so many people in it have
become so defeated is that it has ignored the most powerful
person in the universe—the Holy Spirit. Again, "Not by
might nor by power, but by My Spirit, / Says the LORD of
hosts" (Zech. 4:6). And the next words are just as exciting:
"Who are you, O great mountain?... you shall become a
plain" (v. 7).
You need more than a Caterpillar tractor to level the
mammoth pile of rocks that stands before you. It's a giant
mountain of futility and fear. And the excavation you need
is only possible through the energizing power of the Holy
Spirit.
Real, Not Counterfeit
God, throughout His Word, gives a prescription for
breaking the yoke of bondage. He knows exactly what it
takes to lift your heavy burden. It is called the anointing:
It shall come to pass in that day
That his burden will be taken away from your shoulder,And his yoke from your neck,
And the yoke will be destroyed because of the anointing oil.
(Isa. 10:27)
As God removed Israel's burden, so also will He
remove the yoke from you. After all, Satan is the
treacherous one that has placed that heavy yoke upon you.
But Jesus, who declared that the bondage would be
destroyed, said, "My yoke is easy and My burden is
light" (Matthew 11:30).
The ever-tightening yoke can be broken by the Spirit.
But not just for that moment. It's not a temporary solution.
He stays with you, continuing to lift the burden and to
guide you on a brand-new path. The apostle John, speaking
of the Spirit, wrote, "The anointing which you have