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

Right at the foot of a hill I saw a boy on a bicycle.  

He was pedalling 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 pedalling 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!