Saturday, January 06, 2007
.: Waiting upon the Lord; Luke 1:1-38 :.
"Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John. 14He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, 15for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from birth.[b] 16Many of the people of Israel will he bring back to the Lord their God. 17And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord." (luke1:13-17)
Both Zechariah and Elizabeth were well advance in age and Elizaberth was barren for years, however at the chosen time, God not only blessed them with John the bapthist, a men after God's heart, but one who is also filled with the Holy Spirt from birth and one who will turn the hearts of the father to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous.
Mary, mother of Jesus, was also told that she will also be giving birth to the son of God as she has found favour with the Lord. Realising that she was a virgin, she wondered how can that be possible. However the angel told her that it will be by the power of the Holy spirit and nothing is impossible with the Lord.
36Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. 37For nothing is impossible with God." (Luke 1:36)
It is indeed amazing how God speaks at times to me. I know this is defintely a word from the Lord for me to start of this year. Even as I entered into the new year, so much has been planned and talked about for the Year of Victory as well as setting aside the first part of the year to going deep in the Lord, however I felt that I have yet to settle down and be ready to embrace the new year. Maybe like what Joadine say, still leaving in 2006. Haha...
I knew I needed to find time with the Lord and with school starting, it did not really help since I had so many things to plan and look at. It was during the Wed SP 1728 meeting where I knew I heard God telling me clearly to WAIT UPON HIM. Even as I moved over to the new year, there has been some matters on my mind which I have been seeking the Lord on and wanted to hear something form the Lord. Hence when I heard Him saying Wait, I was a bit unsure what it all really meant. However I took home that word, knowing I needed to meditate on it, but I did not really had the time once again.
After reading through what Ah Pa YC wrote, I was really inspired to seat down and really give up time to read the word and it was also a reminder of the follow through on what I had planned before on going deep in the Lord. I started off with Luke and indeed it was a re affirmation of what God wanted to show me. How Zechariah and Elizabeth waited upon the Lord for a child, which was similar to Abraham and Sarah, was something which God hourned and blessed greatly in return. Even as I read my usual dose of daily bread issue yesterday, it also speaks about waiting upon the Lord. Then when I was at my G12 meeting, the song Let's take time also speaks about waiting upon the Lord and that unless the Lord builds the house, the labourers labour in vain.Even before my G12, had cell group and actually I did not have anything really concreat to share, just thought will share on what I read through Luke. But even as I was sharing, I realised how everything just fall in place on what God wanted to tell me. Adele also released a word and it was from Luke 1 as well and it speaks about something which I also would be sharing in my following post.
WOH! As I stood there at G12 during worship, tears just kept flowing down my eyes as I knew I cant run away this time and that it was God trying to tell me to Wait upon Him. Part of going deep with the Lord really is about waiting upon the Lord and really trusting upon Him that as we wait and seek Him, He will bless abundantly. It also reminded me that nothing is impossible with God. Even as we proceed to the Year of Victory, we need to renounce all negative thoughts and idea that we can never draw deep in the Lord.
More to come on this sharing as I continue to mediate upon the Lord! Me blogged @ | 10:26 AM
