"And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless."
~Luke 1:6~
This was Luke's account of Zacharias & Elizabeth, the parents of John the Baptist. God looked on their lives & favored them, because of their obedience. He chose them to have a child in their old age, but not just any child. The baby that would be filled with the Holy Spirit from his mother's womb. The child that would one day prepare the way for the coming of the Savior of the world. The man that would one day baptize the Son of God. . . Wow.
The same holds true for you & I today. The heavenly Father loves to reward our obedience. He longs to bless our faithfulness. O, God, keep me in Your perfect will, that I might bring honor & glory to You, & that I may hand down blessings to my children....
(Continued from Beth Moore's book "Get Out of That Pit" . . .)
"One thing is certain: you can't accuse God of being short-sighted. God places a tremendous premium on lineage in His Word, and also on the influence one generation has on the next. God has the capacity to mark your entire family line-be it physical descendants or spiritual descendants you mentored in the faith-with blessing and with the highest privilege of bringing Him glory. God's agenda is not just to deliver you from the pit. His preeminent aim is to bring Himself fame, and you are the way He has chosen to do it. Anticipate it!"
