14/08/2026
HOUR OF GLORY WITH P. ELISHA ADEFESOBI
Wednesday, 12th August, 2026
Theme: Mountain Movers
Text: Zechariah 4:7
MOUNTAIN MOVERS
“Who art thou, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain…” — Zechariah 4:7
To be a mountain mover is not a small assignment. It requires great sacrifice—selfless sacrifice.
We are not living to revive honour from men. We are living to receive honour from God. Let your joy be this: “If I do this, will God be pleased with me?”
Make it your priority to live in such a way that your ways are pleasing to God.
DON'T BECOME THE MOUNTAIN
We are praying for God to move mountains, but we must be careful not to become mountains ourselves.
Don't be a mountain against another person.
You can become a mountain against your friend, your family, your colleagues—even those closest to you.
When you refuse to consider how your actions affect others, you can become a mountain.
Before you take a step, ask yourself: “Who will this affect?”
Everything you do has an impact. And when what you are doing affects people in a way that is contrary to God's will and direction, you have become a mountain.
The question is not only, “What do I want?”
The question is, “What does God want?”
THE SACRIFICE OF A MOUNTAIN MOVER
To be a mountain mover is a great sacrifice because you must learn to subject yourself to the will of God.
How do you do this?
1. Acknowledge your place and accept it.
Don't claim what God did not give you.
Accept your place.
When you don't know your place, you can become a mountain to others. There is grace in knowing where God has positioned you.
2. Let God be the first person on your mind when making decisions.
Before you ask, “What do I want?” ask, “What does God want?”
Every mortal man has a project and an assignment before God.
Everyone has an assignment.
And sometimes, what you think you are doing right may actually be wrong in the sight of God.
THE TEST OF MOSES
God took Moses through a foundational test.
Moses was raised in Pharaoh's house. He had access to pleasure, privilege and position. He could have become Pharaoh's successor.
But he had to make a choice.
He had to look beyond the comfort of the palace and identify with the suffering people of God—the very people Pharaoh wanted destroyed.
Moses knew the risk.
He knew what he was giving up.
Yet he chose God's purpose over personal pleasure.
Moses could have become king, but he was not swayed.
How many tests has God brought your way that you have failed?
How many times has God asked you to choose between His will and your comfort?
THE TEST OF RUTH
Then we see Ruth.
Ruth made the extraordinary decision to follow Naomi—a woman who had lost everything.
Humanly speaking, what reason did Ruth have to stay?
Naomi had lost her husband. She had lost her sons. Her future seemed uncertain.
Yet Ruth said, in essence, “Your God will be my God.”
What a test!
Ruth chose covenant over convenience.
She chose God's purpose even when the outcome was unclear.
Sometimes, your mountain-moving test will not look like a giant standing before you.
Sometimes, it will look like a choice.
HOW ARE MOUNTAINS REMOVED?
There are different ways God deals with mountains.
1. You can jump or fly over a mountain.
There are battles God will give you grace to overcome completely.
(Numbers 14:31)
2. God can remove the mountain Himself.
There are situations where you don't have the strength, wisdom or capacity to move the mountain—but God does.
And then there is the greatest mountain of all:
SELF.
The greatest mountain you may ever have to confront is yourself.
When self is destroyed, there will be no room for pride.
When self is subdued, God's will can take its rightful place.
Sometimes, the mountain standing between you and God's purpose is not your enemy.
It is you.
So the cry of a mountain mover must be:
“Lord, work on me.”
“Lord, subdue self in me.”
“Lord, don't let me become the mountain that needs to be moved.”
PRAYERS
Father, do not allow me to become a mountain that must be moved away.
Father, I don't want to become a mountain against others.
Lord, help me to consider others in all that I do.
Lord, help me to know my place and accept what You have given me.
Father, let Your will always be more important to me than my own desires.
Oh Lord, work upon me and subdue self in me.
Lord, make me a true mountain mover—one who moves mountains without becoming one.
