Luke 1:67

Luke 1:67 says, And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying,  Having been given the ability to speak again, Zacharias did so filled with the Holy Ghost.  If we speak today, being given that power by God, we need to do so by the power of the Holy Spirit.  Verse sixty-eight adds, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,  Zacharias began by stating that God should be blessed, because He had visited and redeemed His people.  This above all other reasons is why we should acknowledge the blessings to God today.  Verse sixty-nine continues, And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David;  Zacharias said God had raised up a horn of salvation from the house of David.  This had not yet occurred, but was underway.  Verse seventy states, As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:  Zacharias said God had spoken by His holy prophets since the world began.  They were not holy because of their own goodness, but because of their relationship with God, just as we are today.  Verse seventy-one adds, That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us;  We have indeed been saved forever from our enemies and those that hate us.  Nothing can ever separate those who are followers of Christ from the heavenly Father.  Verse seventy-two continues, To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;  Zacharias said God was going to perform the promise made to their fathers and them.  God did fulfill His promise of the coming Messiah, and His fulfillment of that promise still applies to anyone who will put their faith in Jesus Christ.  Verse seventy-three says, The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, The promise made to Abraham remains true today.  Verse seventy-four adds, That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,  God has forevermore delivered us from the hands of our enemies and we should be serving Him without fear.  Verse seventy-five continues, In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life.  As Zacharias said, as we serve God without fear, we also are to serve Him in holiness and righteousness all the days of our lives.  Verse seventy-six states, And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;  Zacharias now began to speak to his son John, telling him he would be a prophet of the Highest and go before the coming Lord to prepare His ways.  We know that John did, and we must go before the returning Lord to prepare the way for His return.  Verse seventy-seven adds, To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins,  The remission of sins can only come by faith in Jesus Christ, which John was to prepare the people for.  Verse seventy-eight continues, Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,  Salvation can only come from the mercy of God on high, Who visited us in the person of Jesus Christ to bring us salvation by faith in Him.  Verse seventy-nine concludes, To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.  Jesus Christ is the light of the world and the only source of true peace, and until we accept Him as our personal Savior and Lord, we will continue to sit in spiritual darkness.  Verse eighty declares, And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.  John grew strong physically and spiritually in the desert until it was time to do what God has called him to do.  As we are waiting to do what God has for us to do, we should use the time to grow spiritually stronger.