When God Shows Up
9:21 AMHeatherIn my ongoing quest to dig into God's Word during this Christmas season, I decided to jump into the book of Luke today. Honestly, I approached chapter one with a bit of a yawn. I've heard this story, oh, a few dozen times at least. Zechariah goes to the temple, blah, blah, blah. An angel comes, yeah, yeah, yeah. Elizabeth becomes pregnant with John the Baptist. Yep, got it.
So, I read through chapter one, and sat there. I had started my time with God this morning in my prayer journal, as I usually do. Today, I asked that God would give me "fresh deep revelation" as I read His word. I first read the Proverbs for the day, chapter 8. Then, I skipped over to Luke 1. And, suddenly that fresh deep revelation hit me square between the eyes.
How like Zechariah am I! Zechariah was a priest. His wife was "also a descendent of Aaron." When it comes to spiritual heritage, these two came from a rather Godly lot. In fact, Luke 1:6 has this to say about Zechariah and Elizabeth:
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