Advent Devotional for December 9 LUKE 1:67-79 “67 His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied: 68 ‘Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come to his people and redeemed them. 69 He has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David 70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago), 71 salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us— 72 to show mercy to our ancestors and to remember his holy covenant, 73 the oath he swore to our father Abraham: 74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear 75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. 76 And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, 77 to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, 78 because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven 79 to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.’” --------------------------------------- SCRIPTURE REFLECTION At the birth of his son, Zechariah prophesies regarding God’s great plan of salvation. It is a moment of rejoicing. He not only rejoices in the gift of his son, John the Baptist, but also in the gift that his son points toward, the Messiah. God has remembered His promises of old. A Messiah was coming. The Messiah will lead God’s people out of the valley of death and onto the pathway of peace. --------------------------------------- PRAYER God, once I wandered in the dark wilderness of my own sin, but you have made a way out. You have set my feet upon your path of peace—a path to you, God. This advent season I celebrate the coming of your Son, Jesus. For He is my pathway of peace.
Posted on: Mon, 09 Dec 2013 13:47:49 +0000
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