Re:Verse passage – Luke 1:5-17 (day six)
John the Baptist’s story isn’t just an announcement about the coming Messiah; it’s a picture of the kind of people God forms by His Spirit. When Gabriel speaks to Zechariah, he describes a child who would be filled with the Holy Spirit even in the womb and sent as a voice crying in the wilderness, calling people to repentance and renewed allegiance to God’s Kingdom. John’s whole life pointed away from himself and toward the One who was coming.
And here’s what has been stirring in me: isn’t that also what the Spirit does in us?
Every follower of Jesus is reborn by the Spirit, brought into a new identity, and empowered to bear witness to the King. We live between two great moments, looking back to the first coming of Jesus and pointing forward to His return. Our lives, our words, our hospitality, our faithfulness become small but real reminders that the Kingdom of God is here and the King is coming again.
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