Tuesday 15 Dec 2020

December 15: Luke 1:11-20
 
Key Verse: Luke 1:17
And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous – to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.’
 
Devotion:
You’ve got to feel sorry for Zechariah! Here is a man doing what any one of us would do – questioning someone when they say God is going to do something great in your life! We all have doubts and because we are accustomed to those doubts controlling much of our lives, we give in to them all the time and don’t quite believe things people tell us anymore...
 
But Gabriel was quite strict on Zechariah because he held a position of great respect in the church at the time. Zechariah had probably given up hope in having a son because both he and Elizabeth were getting on in age (I know the feeling.) God does not give up on us, no matter how long it has been since we asked for His help and no matter how much we grow weary of our prayers being answered.
 
We must never give up hope in God. We must always trust in His faithfulness and in His power over everything. Jesus came to earth and demonstrated just a little bit of what God can do when we have absolute faith and trust in Him for everything. God wants us to be more like Jesus and have that faith. He wants us to remember all the things which happened because Jesus asked them of God. He wants us to remember and have hope in what He can continue to do in our lives.
 
Points to Ponder:
How is your hope holding up this year?
 
Will you give God a bit more time to answer your prayers?