Topic: God’s Purpose
Text: 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 they 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 a great as John the Baptist. I want you to look away from your present situation.

People may label you negatively, don’t worry. The outcome is in the able hands of God. What is viewed by the 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.

Memory Verse: II Corinthians 10:2 - “But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.”