Date: Thursday, 24th October, 2024
Text: Luke 1:13-17
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
It is a wonderful thing if you can receive privileged information concerning your children; those that do have the opportunity to guide their children along the path of destiny fulfillment. Every crooked path, hills or mountains before such children would be cleared off to give them a smooth ride in destiny accomplishment.
Many children struggle in life because their parents could not see ahead. Zechariah was highly favoured to receive privileged information regarding his long awaited son, John (which means favour). The angel of the Lord told him saying, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.
“He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, for 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 before he is born.
“He will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. 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.” Luke 1:13-17
Notice that Zechariah received this privileged information while he was busy serving the Lord at the altar. Therefore, one of the ways to provoke God in releasing privileged information to a man is faithful service.
The Spirit of the Lord was heavily indwelt and rested on John and he fulfilled his destiny. He was described by Christ as the greatest man ever born of a woman- Matthew 11:11.
May your children fulfill their destinies on Earth in Jesus name.
Action Nugget: No matter what you are going through don’t let it weigh you down. Devote yourself to the service of the Lord.