Service without Fear

“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he hascome to his people and redeemed them. He has raised up a horn of salvation forus in the house of his servant David…to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,and to enable us to serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness beforehim all our days” (Luke 1:68-69, 74-75).

This is part of Zechariah’s prayer when John, Zechariah’sson, was named. This part of the prayer is about the LORD Jesus. The secondhalf of the prayer is about John. Notice the last portion quoted: “to enable usto serve Him without fear in holiness and righteousness beforeHim all our days.” This is loaded and amazing. We are enabled to:

·      Serve Him

·      Without fear

·      In holiness

·      In righteousness

·      All our days

This redemption, this salvation, is not just for everlastinglife; it is present tense (all our days). It is service without fear. It isservice with holiness. It is service with righteousness. God provides the meansof all this. It is part of our salvation.

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