Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Luke 1:5-17
by: Victoria Shephard.
John would prepare Israel for Jesus. He called people to repentance and announced Jesus’ coming. Are we prepared for the Lord today? Are we prepared for the power of Jesus to be manifest in our lives? Sometimes I’m not. Sometimes I am afraid of the ways God wants to change me and of the things that might happen to me to make those changes take place. The refiner’s fire is not without pain, yet it is the only way for God to get rid of the dross in our lives and bring us out as purified gold.