[Devotional] IN HIS PRESENCE: Lessons from women in the Bible: “Elizabeth, the aged bloomer”

By Oke Chinye

Read: Luke 1:1-24

Meditation verse:

“Now after those days his wife Elizabeth conceived; and she hid herself five  months, saying, “thus the Lord has dealt with me, in the days when He looked  on me, to take away my reproach among people.” (Luke 1:24-25).

“My best years are over” “I’m now too old”, “I have wasted my life”. Do any of  these words sound like you? Who says you are too old? Too old for what? Where  is the evidence? Elizabeth whom the bible described as “well advanced in age,  conceived and bore the fore runner of the saviour of mankind. Sarah gave birth  to Isaac, the promise child in her nineties. Grandma Moses, an American folk  artist, successfully began a painting career in her seventies. Her paintings  became very famous. Who says your best years are behind you? 

Isaiah 66:9 says, “shall I bring to the time of birth, and not cause delivery?” says  the Lord. Shall I who cause delivery shut up the womb?” says your God”. Whatever it is that you are desirous of birthing; be it a natural baby or destiny  baby, your time of conception and delivery will come. God’s promise over your  life will be fulfilled at the appointed time. There is a set time in God’s calendar  for every promise; His calendar is different from that of man. He has time in His  hands. With the Lord, one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as  one day” (2 Peter 3:8). In His time, He makes all things beautiful, with God  nothing will be impossible.  

Hold on to your dreams, do not give up. You are not too old; you still have plenty  of time. Your life is not wasted, your best years are ahead. Get excited at what  lies ahead of you. “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the  Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope” 

(Jeremiah 29:11). He is the same yesterday, today and forever. If He did it for  Elizabeth, He can still do it again. All things are working together for your good.

IN HIS PRESENCE is written by Pst (Mrs) Oke Chinye, Founder of The Rock Teaching Ministry (TRTM).

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