By my Spirit saith the Lord of Hosts

Ultimately, nothing of worth and value in the kingdom of God is done through our own might or power, our own intellectual prowess, apart from God. Our flesh can not produce his righteousness! No, every good gift comes from above, from the Father of lights, through his spirit. Zecharia 4:6 states - "Then he answered and spake unto me, saying this is the Word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel saying, not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit saith the Lord of Hosts".
Zerubbabel in hebrew means "Descended of Babylon". All of us have "descended of Babylon" spiritually, and all of us must humble ourselves and realize, we must acknowledge, apart from him (Holy Spirit) we can do nothing FOR HIS SPIRIT IS THE ONLY ONE FREE OF BABYLON ON THE EARTH TODAY. This is a key stamp on the ticket out of Babylon, a key turn on the path to freedom. We must all lose our dependence on man, including the man that is us.
In Deuteronomy 8 Moses shares a very clear warning to us all - "and thou say in thine heart, mine power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth, but thou shalt remember the lord thy God for it is he that giveth thee the power to get wealth THAT HE MAY ESTABLISH HIS COVENANT". The real challenge to any nation or individual is not poverty but affluence, not slavery but freedom. The real test of a nation is not can it survive a crisis but can it survive the lack of a crisis. Can we as individuals stay strong in our faith during times of ease and plenty? Can our nation survive times of power and prestige?
The Hebrew word Zakehor (remember) resonates throughout Deuteronomy, it is the central theme of the book. Three things will prevent us from falling into the sin of forgetting it is the Lord who gives us the blessing of wealth, it is the Lord through whom all proper blessings flow, by his Spirit. We must remember where we came from, where we are going and who we are accountable to. The prelude to disaster for any nation or person is "My power and the strength of my hand have produced this wealth for me". This is the way of Babylon (remember Nimrod?) "we can make our own way, apart from God, we don't need him, we can make it on our own". We must also remember, the purpose of wealth is so we can fulfill our covenant with him. Then he required animal sacrafices, this took wealth. Now he requires that we give of ourselves, our wealth, on behalf of the poor and this too requires wealth. His covenant is a covenant of love, a covenant of giving. If we will follow him, we will become such generous givers, we will make the world "jealous with our generosity".