ALL IN Summer Devotional: Day 2 / June
THE SET UP
Have you ever been left speechless? It doesn’t happen to me often (I’ve always got something to say), but all of us have experienced something so powerful or unexpected our jaws are left hanging. One of those times for me was when the Cubs won the World Series in 2016. After a lifetime of disappointment, IT WAS HAPPENING! And hopefully I won’t have to wait another 108 years for it to happen again. In today’s passage, Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth had given up on the hope of having a child because of their age. But an angel shows up while he is at work and promises that not only would they have a child, but that he would be the one who would introduce the world to Jesus. Talk about a jaw dropper!
PASSAGE TO READ
Luke 1:5-25 (Page 613 in our house bibles)
REFLECTION QUESTIONS
If you were in Zechariah’s sandals, how do you think you would have reacted to the angels’ news?
One of big themes of Luke is that God’s Kingdom is for everyone. How does this passage speak to that?
What is a secret dream of your heart that would be as amazing as the news Zechariah received if God made it come true?
PRAYER IDEA
Thank God that even when we think it is too late for us, He is able to give us the desire of our heart. If there is something that you have wanted to see happen in your life or the life of someone else, ask God to bring that work to completion.