Expecting Jesus Part 1: Zechariah (Luke 1:5-20)

Faithfulness in prayer and service is no small thing, especially when fruitfulness has been long delayed. In seasons of delay or little fruit, we could even begin to question if we're really qualified to approach God on behalf of ourselves or others. Our identity in Christ, however, is not dependent on our feelings; it's dependent on God's word of grace and truth. In God's own gracious power, He knows just how to bring us into a place of sovereign fruitfulness that our own efforts could never produce.   In Luke 1, Zechariah discovers that his deepest prayer had been heard all along, and in Christ we can be confident that the same is true for us.