KBF Teachings

Anna-Waiting For Jesus
Luke 2:36-40
³⁶There was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, ³⁷and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. ³⁸Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem. ³⁹When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth. ⁴⁰And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon him.

What does a person do when life does not go according to plan?? When your hopes and dreams seem lost??

1.) Do not befriend your problem but befriend God.

Vs.37b ‘She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.’

*In her aloneness, God became her closest comfort & friend

2.) Spend time with God and He will show you His plan for your life.

Vs.38 ‘Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God’

*With her desire for children- God gave her the important job of blessing babies in the temple.

3.) Be faithful to the vision God will show you and God will use you to change history for the better.

Vs.37a ‘and then was a widow until she was eighty-four.’

In those days girls got married at around age fifteen. Anna was married for 7 years until 22. 84－22=62 years. Her faithfulness got her story into the Bible, the#1 best selling, the #1 most printed and read book of all time. Entire nations and come and gone with almost no record….but one little girl name Anna let go her plans and let God guide her life and became apart of the Christmas story & is remembers in history…

What about you? Is your life going according to your plan? How about looking to God for your future this Christmas New Year’s Season?

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