PRACTICE GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS 2
Text: “And they were both righteous before God walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless” Luke 1:6.
Comment: The account of Luke opens with the encouraging story of a married couple, Zacharias and Elizabeth, who were both righteous before God by keeping his commandments so much that they were blameless before Him (Luke 1:5,6)
The Bible shows that keeping the commandments and laws of God is a mark of righteousness Deut 6:24,25. Going further, the account of Luke reported the marital challenge that Zacharias and Elizabeth were having as a married couple “And they had no child, because that Elizabeth was barren and they both were now well stricken in years”( Luke 1:7) This simply shows that sincere and committed worshippers of God are never immune from problems (2nd Tim 3:12) In God’s due time, while Zacharias was still performing his priestly work in the temple, God Almighty sent an angel to inform him that his wife Elizabeth would conceive and bear a son to be name John (Luke 1:11-13) Truly the Bible says that the desire of the righteous shall be granted, Prov 10:24.
That God blessed Zacharias and Elizabeth with a child even at old age is a pointer to the fact that praying to God while delighting oneself in practicing the righteousness of God will make one get the desires of one’s heart. Psalm 37:3-5.