How's Your Baby?

Luke 1:41-44

41 And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

42 Then she spoke out with a loud voice and said,"Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!

43 But why is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

44 For indeed, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

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I like this passage of scripture; if you listen closely you can hear the Sprit of God speak to you.

You see both John the Baptist and Jesus were born with purpose. In the wombs of Mary and Elizabeth were concealed a catalysts for change. Inside of the babies were sealed their instructions and assignments for life. In this story we also learned that purpose recognizes purpose. (Remember how John recognized Jesus from within Mary’s womb).

I want to convey to you that all of us are born with a purpose and an assignment. That assignment works like a beacon; guiding you to your destination. You simply will not be satisfied doing anything else; other than what you were born to do.

Religious leaders have taught us for years how wretched we were and how undeserving we were of God’s grace. This emphasis has eaten away at the value of many devoted follower’s purpose and assignment. This has caused many Christians to just sit back and do nothing and spend most of their time fighting condemnation.

I want you to consider a word that we are all familiar with but in a different setting. The word is deliverance. Most of the time when deliverance is mentioned in a Christian setting it refers to demonic activities. I want us to think about it as deliverance relates to childbirth.

When a woman gives birth to a child, she goes into what is called a delivery room. The reason she is in the delivery room is because she is pregnant and it is time to deliver the baby. We easily understand delivery in that setting, but the reason delivery is encompassed in salvation is because we are pregnant with purpose and assignment from birth. The problem with this is that most people are unaware and search outside of themselves for significance. No one understands your assignment; except God gives them a little light regarding it. This is why it is dangerous to depend on someone else to help you discover your purpose and assignment.

A Good church should be like a birthing center that delivers hundreds of babies. Unfortunately, many are more like abortion clinics that destroys the babies.

I want to leave you with this thought. How is your baby? Your baby is your purpose, assignment, dream, etc? It was placed in you from inception. Have you check lately for movement?

If you have not detected signs of life lately, perhaps you are not around others who have discovered their purpose. You see purpose acknowledges purpose.

Don’t allow anyone to abort your dream. If it honors God, it came from Him and He expects you to fulfill it.