When I was nine years old I didn’t want to have anything to do with girls, I thought girls had cooties and couldn’t imagine why anyone would want to marry a girl. An so I promised my whole family that I would never ever get married because I couldn’t understand why anyone would want to do that. I am now getting married to a wonderful girl in three months. So I’ve made some pretty silly promises in my life. Have you ever made a silly promise? I think we’ve all probably made a promise that was either silly or we couldn’t follow through on at some point in our lives.
But God isn’t like us. He always keeps his promises. These verses remind us of the promise he made to Abraham to make Israel into a great nation. And to always preserve them. And God has kept that promise as we have seen throughout history. And because God has kept his promise, Zechariah says we can serve him without fear. I love that the focus of this verse is on serving God. At Christmas time we often simply focus on the birth of Jesus and forget the reason God sent him into our world. He came to save us and so that we could serve God while we’re here. Let’s remember to serve God during this Christmas season and going into the new year.
Activity: God promised Abraham that his descendants would be as many as the stars in the sky. Make some stars to decorate around your house, out of cardboard or paper.
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