READ: LUKE
1:1-27
Our text
presents the story of two wonderful people: Zechariah and Elizabeth. The Bible
tells us that they were blameless before God. They were serving the Lord with
all their hearts yet they were barren. Many people must have laughed at them.
People around them must have thought that there were singled out for
barrenness, whereas God singled them out for something special. God wanted them
to bring forth the greatest child born in the Old Testament: John the Baptist.
Jesus said that of all born by women in the Old Testament; none was as great as
John the Baptist. I want you to look away from your present situation.
People may be labelled you negatively, don’t worry. The outcome is in the able hands of God. What is viewed by people of the world as a minus will soon become an instrument of divine promotion in your life. Although there seems to be a delay today, God is surely using it to prepare you for something great. Although Elizabeth was previously seen as a barren woman, by the time God granted her a miracle, she became the esteemed mother of the greatest prophet in the Old Testament dispensation. Delay is not denial. By the time God is through with you the attention of everyone will be shifted to you. At the end of the day your testimony will be unique and challenging.
People may be labelled you negatively, don’t worry. The outcome is in the able hands of God. What is viewed by people of the world as a minus will soon become an instrument of divine promotion in your life. Although there seems to be a delay today, God is surely using it to prepare you for something great. Although Elizabeth was previously seen as a barren woman, by the time God granted her a miracle, she became the esteemed mother of the greatest prophet in the Old Testament dispensation. Delay is not denial. By the time God is through with you the attention of everyone will be shifted to you. At the end of the day your testimony will be unique and challenging.
MEMORIZE:
2 CORINTHIANS 10:2 –But I beg you that when I am present I may not be bold with
that confidence by which I intend to be bold against some, who think of us as
if we walked according to the flesh.
