June 24: Luke 1:57-66
 
Key Verse: Luke 1:63
He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s astonishment he wrote, ‘His name is John.’
 
Devotion:
When God asks you do to something, how long do you do it? Do you carry on doing it even when the world turns against you? Do you carry on even though you have doubts? Do you stop when you have had enough? If we look back in our lives, when we were younger we probably had some ideas about what we would like to do. When I was very young, I wanted to be a train driver! Then I wanted to be a pilot, then an engineer, and then I got into computers... My life as a youngster changed quite a bit!
 
When we are youngsters with God, we may well let our lives chop and change as well, just like we do when we are inexperienced in life. We gain experience and we take on new knowledge and wisdom – with that we grow and change our ways to try and keep up... But if you were told to do something by God – where do you draw the line?
 
God has ultimate knowledge about what is best for us and where we should be going in our lives. If we trust Him, depend on Him and obey Him, we should be able to get closer to the ideal position we should have in our lives. But there are all manner of things along the way which prevent us from getting things right! Temptations, lack of willpower, stupidity, pride and greed to name a few...
 
When God told Zechariah he was going to have a son, he doubted it and doubted what God could do. Because of this he was not allowed to speak until he had named his son John. After that point, Zechariah knew exactly why things happened the way they did and knew what had to be done with his life – he had to worship God in a new way!
 
Points to Ponder:
Do you listen to God’s call in your life?
 
How far would you go for God?