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Milestones. In a child’s life there are special events called milestones.

ILLUS – Teaching Malina how to pray to our Father.

Matthew 6:10, Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

2. A great prayer and wonderful request! So, after we pray for God’s will to be done, why are there times when we struggle with trusting that He is carrying out His will?
3. Or from another angle, what’s our part or responsibility in following God and doing His will?
4. During our study, we’re going to look at an interesting passage from Luke’s Gospel and discover important principles about faith so that we may learn to believe and not doubt our good heavenly Father.

Luke 1:5-25

I. God Knows Our Story (5-7)

A. God knows what’s written on every page (5-6)
1. Even when it appears that God is not there; He is watching; mindful of our ways.
2. Israel was living in troubled times
a. Herod the Great was their king
• Herod was a descendant of Esau, therefore not a Jew!
• He was chosen by the Roman senate because of the recommendation of Mark Antony.
• He was known for his great accomplishments and for being small in stature.
• But Herod was a wicked, cunning tyrant who killed one of his wives and many of his sons to protect his crown.
b. Israel’s religious leaders were also corrupt with the high priesthood being controlled by a Sadducee named Annas.
3. Before Moses died, God promised to raise up prophets to lead Israel in God’s ways.

Deuteronomy 18:15, The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to him.

4. Problem: There had not been a prophet in Israel since Malachi! God had been silent for 400 years!
a. Why? Israel wasn’t listening, so God was silent until they were ready to pay attention!
b. What were the last words Israel heard?

Malachi 4:5-6, Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the Lord. And he will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers

5. In the midst of this mess, God took note of a godly couple from the tribe of Levi:
a. Zacharias – “Yahweh remembers”
b. Elizabeth – “My God is an oath”
6. Like Noah in his day, Zacharias and Elizabeth stood out to the Lord as He surveyed the landscape of Israel. (6)
a. “Righteous in the sight of God”
b. “Walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord”
c. They were not sinless, but they were a couple that was devoted to the Lord and to keeping His ways.

APPL – It takes faith to live a godly life in a godless world! It takes a deep conviction to stand against the tide of this fallen world and for the things of God!

ILLUS – David before Goliath or Elijah before the priests of Baal or Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego at the fiery furnace

B. God knows the cry of our hearts (7)
1. Zacharias and Elizabeth were right in the middle of God’s perfect will.
2. Yet they were childless!
a. One was considered cursed by God if childless; a death sentence because a person “lived on” through their children.
b. It was also cause for public criticism and gossip! That’s why Elizabeth, after she realized she was pregnant, kept saying over and over again that the Lord had looked upon her with favor and had taken away her “disgrace among men”. (25)

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