Long Shelf Life

Zacharias, a Jewish priest, serving his turn burning incense, was visited by an angel. The story is told in Luke 1, and in verse 13 we read that the angel said to him, quite literally, "The prayers that you quit praying a long time ago have been heard." The angel was referring to the prayers of past years for a child. The next thing the angel said was that in their old age, they were going to have a child, to be named John.

What caught my attention was when the angel said: "You quit praying a long time ago. But the shelf-life in heaven for prayers is really good. Your prayer was heard, and God has answered your cry." Zacharias wife, Elizabeth did give birth to John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ.

"Your prayers have a long shelf-life." They still do. What prayers have you quit praying, that need to be revived and re-prayed. I just wanted to remind you that God has not forgotten, and those prayers do have a long shelf-life.

Now you don't need an angel to tell you, because I just did.