Luke 1:71 Deliverance from our enemies and every hateful hand;72 Mercy to our fathers, as he remembers to do what he said he'd do,73 What he swore to our father Abraham -74 a clean rescue from the enemy camp, So we can worship him without a care in the world,75 made holy before him as long as we live.
Most of us do not live under threat of an enemy in a literal sense. We may have people who do not like us or that we have offended in some way but not usually an enemy. The Jewish people...they have enemies. When Zacharia sings his praise he is expressing every Jewish hope to be free from their enemies, literally.
I love that picture of a clean rescue from the enemy camp...
We do have an enemy though and he is cunning, precise, malicious, thorough and full of cold rage. We are his targets and we always have been. When we talk about being saved...I don't know if we picture an enemy camp. Habits picked up as a prisoner are difficult to let go. Fear being foremost.
In our freedom we can worship without care in the world, made holy before him as long as we live. Fear lingers and maybe that is why throughout the Christmas story we keep hearing not to be. Fear not I bring you tidings of great joy...I realize angels can be scary, but Jesus also kept telling us not to be afraid. Fear is a habit we carry from the enemy camp...maybe because we remember the enemy.
Today I want to remember that it was a clean rescue...
Fear not, Heidi, I bring you tidings of GREAT joy...you are free.
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