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FAITH THAT WORKS: In the days of Herod the great, there was a minister of God called Zachariah, whose role was to burn incense in the temple ...

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REVEALING GOD DEVOTIONAL DAY 1 - FAITH THAT WORKS Scripture Readings: Luke 1:5-20, Genesis 17:1-5 In the days of Herod the great, there was a minister of God called Zachariah, whose role was to burn incense in the temple. He had a wife, Elizabeth, who was from the lineage of Aaron. They both were blameless when it came to keeping the commandment of God. However, they were barren, even into their old age. They were both praying about having a child, but it seemed God was not answering their prayers. One day as Zachariah was ministering in the temple, an angel appeared beside the Altar of Incense and gave the good news of what was yet to come. He told Zachariah that they will have a child, but Zachariah was in doubt. So, he told the angel, “How can this be possible when we are very old people?”. The angel replied and said he will be dumb until the child is born, because he did believe the Word of the Lord, and so did it happen. From the encounter of Zachariah with the angel of God, it can be deduced that Zechariah had a faith problem. He did everything right, kept the commandments of God, but yet he had no faith to believe his own prayer. I suppose this was why the answers to his prayer was prolonged in the first place. This makes me wonder why he was praying about it in the first instance? Nevertheless, for the sake of fulfilling His Will, God took control and ensured that a child was born to this family. Many Christians pray to God, but as soon as it seems the answer to their prayer is taking a while, they easily give up. Other times, they pray without faith, and expect an answer. Without faith in our prayers, no matter the righteous works we do, we will find it hard to receive answers, except by the mercy of God. On the other, there was also a great man whose wife was barren. His name we all know as Abraham. Abraham had a covenant with God, that he will be the father of many nations, but yet he had no child, even in his old age. In Abraham’s case, faith was not his problem. A simple verse in the scriptures revealed that he needed to do certain thing to ensure this promise was fulfilled: God wanted him to walk blameless before Him. So, when God appeared to Him, He told him, “I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.” (Genesis 17:1-2). When we compare the two scenarios, the former had no faith but was blamelessly doing the commandment of God, while the latter had faith, but was not perfectly blameless. Therefore, we can conclude that the demands of faith must be met to position ourselves for an answer. Simply putting it, Faith without works is dead (James 2:20). Today, I pray that our faith aligns with our actions for a miracle answer, in Jesus name, Amen. Other Scripture Readings: Romans 4, James 2:14-26.

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8/23/2023 12:00:00 AM

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