Tag: God’s will

God’s Vindication

Read

E-Book PDF: Open in New Window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

“God’s Vindication” by Kirk Hunt

 

Now after those days his wife Elizabeth conceived; and she hid herself five months, saying,   “Thus the Lord has dealt with me, in the days when He looked on me, to take away my reproach among people.”

Luke 1:24–25 NKJV

 

Elizabeth and Zacharias were devout, Godly people.  Still, tongues wagged.  They were judged and dismissed as unworthy.  To some folk, their saintly lives were ruined by an empty cradle.

 

Perhaps you know how they feel.  Maybe you did something unfortunate.  Perhaps it is something someone else did.  Either way, you live with the blame and shame.

 

Elizabeth’s miracle conception solved some issues, but brought on others.  God’s timing and grace are always good, but often disruptive.  Still, God’s vindication of their lives is astonishing and complete.

 

Your story is not over.  God’s vindication, proof of His love for you, is on its way.  All you have to do is live in faith now.

 

Elizabeth and Zacharias lived as if everything was okay.  Their lives preached faith in God.  They knew God loved and accepted them.  Eventually, everyone saw God’s love and acceptance for them also.

 

No matter what people say.  No matter what the mirror tells you.  God loves you.  God accepts you.

 

Choose to live your life in Christ.  God’s vindication will arrive.  He will provide glory and blessing that prove how much he accepts and loves you.

 

Think:            God’s vindication is perfect, no matter how disruptive.

 

Pray:              “Lord, help me to accept the proof of Your love for me.

 

 

Copyright © July 2013, Kirk Hunt

This devotional is a ministry of https://devotionals.cadremenpress.com.

In God’s Timing

Read

E-Book PDF: Open in New Window | Download

Subscribe: RSS

“In God’s Timing” by Kirk Hunt

 

Now after those days his wife Elizabeth conceived

Luke 1:24a NKJV

 

Silenced by an angel, Zacharias went home to his wife, Elizabeth.  There, the prophesy he so cynically questioned came to pass.  The angst and disappointment of a lifetime was swept away by a new life from old parents.

 

Scripture states that both Elizabeth and Zacharias were “well advanced in years.”  “We are too old to conceive.  The time for cradles and midnight feedings are long past.”

 

God has a plan for your life.  He has charted it out carefully.  It is full of exact places, dates and times.

 

Of course, the path and timing of His plan may not make sense to you.  It may violate the sensibilities of everyone around you.  It may be inconvenient and disruptive when it comes to pass.

 

It is still God’s timing.  It remains His plan.  Obedience and grace are your best responses to God’s revelation for your life.

 

You are never too young to achieve big.  You are never too old to nurture new life.  The empty cradle of your life can and will be filled, with more than you ever thought.

 

Zacharias and Elizabeth built a nursery in their old age.  God kicked over the table of their life.  It may have been inconvenient and disruptive, but they sang God’s praises with sincere thanksgiving and true joy.

 

You thought your time was past.  The timing is when He says it is.  And His timing is perfect.

 

Think:            God’s timing is perfect, even when it disrupts my world.

 

Pray:              “Lord, help me to live and work in Your timing.”

 

 

Copyright © June 2013, Kirk Hunt

This devotional is a ministry of https://devotionals.cadremenpress.com.