Hearts of the fathers
Have you ever had a ‘why didn’t I see that before’ moment when reading Scripture? I was reading Luke 1 and I had one of those moments. Referring to John the Baptist, Luke 1:17 says that “he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children… to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” Did you get that? How did John make ready the people for the coming of the Lord? Turn the hearts of the fathers to their children! Could it be that we will see the same preparation for the second coming of the Lord? This has implications at many different levels, don’t you think? How can I as a father prepare the way for the Lord’s coming? Turn my heart (attention, focus, energy, resource, time,etc) toward my children! How can we as a church prepare the way of the Lord? Channel the previous generation’s attention, focus, energy, and resources toward the next generation. I wonder why I never saw this before. I wonder why I have never heard a single message on this before… More importantly, why is the Spirit of God highlighting this to me now?
