Text: Luke 1:8-22
The concept of “fullness” in the Greek usage of the word is that something is never truly full until it is overflowing; an abounding and overflowing fullness; it transcends our greatest imaginations. God wants every person He’s created to be deeply fulfilled. Zacharias’ life and ministry is a model for us.
Three points that needs sensitivity on the way to fulfillment…
1. Sensitivity to your call…v8.
God’s pleasure with people who just keep doing what they’re doing. The name Zacharias means that “The Lord remembered.” The name Elizabeth means “God is a God of His oath.” He is the God who keeps His promise. He is the one who remembers you, and He will keep his promise. Zacharias is faithfully serving in the ordinary. It’s the surest path to the extraordinary. The Bible’s reference to the word “order” is a mindfulness of the fact that we’re to “keep a sweet spirit.” Then he entered the temple (v.9). The focus is always to keep the spirit of worship large in your soul. Continuing on faithfully in a right spirit and continuing in a spirit of worship at the same time…
2. Sensitivity to the prophetic
God is incredibly patient with unbelief. The angel doesn’t neutralize the promise in the face of his unbelief. This is a case of God’s patience. He doesn’t neutralize the promise. He just neutralizes Zacharias.
If there’s any testimony in this text, it’s this: If God can find a person who will keep on serving where they are, keep on worshiping, keep a sweet spirit, and keep moving ahead in openness to Him, He will bring fulfillment—He will fulfill His purpose in us.
Three points that needs sensitivity on the way to fulfillment…
1. Sensitivity to your call…v8.
God’s pleasure with people who just keep doing what they’re doing. The name Zacharias means that “The Lord remembered.” The name Elizabeth means “God is a God of His oath.” He is the God who keeps His promise. He is the one who remembers you, and He will keep his promise. Zacharias is faithfully serving in the ordinary. It’s the surest path to the extraordinary. The Bible’s reference to the word “order” is a mindfulness of the fact that we’re to “keep a sweet spirit.” Then he entered the temple (v.9). The focus is always to keep the spirit of worship large in your soul. Continuing on faithfully in a right spirit and continuing in a spirit of worship at the same time…
2. Sensitivity to the prophetic
- The prophetic disrupts our systems and raises questions v21
- It shatters the wall of present limits to life’s possibility v13
- It promises the fulfillment of God’s intended joy in your life v14
- It stretches the horizons of your presuppositions v15
- It inevitably changes hearts and impacts family relationships v16-17
- The prophetic always brings people to a deeper focus on and love for the Lord v17
God is incredibly patient with unbelief. The angel doesn’t neutralize the promise in the face of his unbelief. This is a case of God’s patience. He doesn’t neutralize the promise. He just neutralizes Zacharias.
If there’s any testimony in this text, it’s this: If God can find a person who will keep on serving where they are, keep on worshiping, keep a sweet spirit, and keep moving ahead in openness to Him, He will bring fulfillment—He will fulfill His purpose in us.
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