8 August 2012; Luke 3

8 August 2012; Luke 3

Listen up: God still speaks. How long have we not hear from God? That means we have distance from God. Since the last book in OT - 400 years of silence - why> the people of Israel has fallen away from God. But that does not means that God is dead. In the NT, the angel appears to Zechariah and Mary.

 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
(Luke 3:2 ESV)

The word of God came to John.

Wake up: When John came, the first words from his mouth is

 He said therefore to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bear fruits in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
(Luke 3:7-8 ESV)

Change, repent and get your lives in priority.

I pray for myself, that my life will be right before God. I need to lead - my family. I need to do the right things for God and in God.

Rise up:  John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”
(Luke 3:16-17 ESV)

Know that there is a God. The world does not operate alone. The world has a lot to offer but will pass away. Know what is to come. I have passed half life. This is the period of not to chase after the wind or the dreams of youth. But to build upon the next generation to come.

I pray that this last lap is godfully gain in the laying of foundation for the next generation. Amen.