FAITH CAPSULE: Zacharias and Elizabeth were late in having their breakthrough, but their miracle was not late to bring to pass the plan and purpose of God.

Luke 1: 1-17

The Bible described Zacharias and his wife Elizabeth as, “…both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both well advanced in years.” Despite their stand in the Lord, they were barren. Zacharias and his wife were not just barren but they were also advanced in years. The hope of having a child was almost impossible in the understanding of man. After so much time praying for breakthrough, you have lost hope and accepted bareness as destiny. Does this sound like you? Bareness is not because God did not hear your prayer, neither is it an evidence of unrighteousness. However, keep on waiting on God and not be discouraged. God has not forgotten you, but He does have a plan for you. It does not matter how well advanced in years you are, God will remember you with favor at His own time. God remembered Zacharias whose name means, “Jehovah remembers” and he received his breakthrough miracle. While Zacharias was serving God in the temple of the Lord, he had an encounter with a visitation from the presence of God. Luke 1:11-13, “Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. But the angel said to him, ‘Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.’” The angel from God came to pass on a message of miracle unto Zacharias. The first thing mentioned to Zacharias was that his prayer has been heard and he was going to have a son. Only God knows how Zacharias had been praying for a child. The answer did not happen at Zechariah’s time, but at the Lord’s time, while Zacharias was still at the center of his assignment in the Lord’s temple. The Lord visited him and bareness ceased. Only the grace, goodness and mercy of God will make the difference. Zacharias and Elizabeth were late in having their breakthrough, but their miracle was not late to bring to pass the plan and purpose of God. They were late, yet they had the best: John the Baptist who identifies Jesus as the Messiah. It was also John who bears witness to Christ. He was also the one who baptized Jesus. Just keep on waiting on God and your testimony will be glorious.

Prayer for today: Lord I ask for your divine visitation in every area of life that marked me as barren.