~ Zacharias Knew The Importance of
Serving God ~
In the first
two chapters of Luke there are three songs.
We will look at each of them in this short series.
Zachariah’s Song ~ Now his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit,
and prophesied, saying:
‘Blessed is the Lord God of Israel,
For He has visited and redeemed His people,
And has raised up a horn of salvation for us
In the house of His servant David,
As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets,
Who have been since the world began,
That we should be saved from our enemies
And from the hand of all who hate us,
To perform the mercy promised to our fathers
And to remember His holy covenant,
The oath which He swore to our father Abraham:
To grant us that we,
Being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
Might serve Him without fear,
In holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest;
For you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,
To give knowledge of salvation to His people
By the remission of their sins,
Through the tender mercy of our God,
With which the Dayspring from on high has visited us;
To give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of
death,
To guide our feet into the way of peace.’
So the child grew and
became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his
manifestation to Israel.”
(Luke 1:67-80)
Dissect Zachariah’s Song ~ Note a few aspects of service from Zachariah’s
Song:
The basis of service – “being delivered from the hand of our enemies” (Luke
1:74a).
The object of service – “serve Him” (Luke 1:74b).
The spirit of service – “without fear” (Luke 1:74c).
The condition of service – “In holiness and
righteousness before Him” (Luke 1:75a).
The duration of service – “all the days of our life”
(Luke 1:75b).
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW
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