Luke 1:1-4
1 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled[a]among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. 3 With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, 4 so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught.
The book of Luke is the third Gospel. The author, Luke, was by race an Antiochian, a Gentile and a physician by profession. He was not a first generation "eyewitness" of the ministry of Jesus. He belonged to the second generation and traveled with Paul. He was not a writer by profession but he wrote the account about Jesus so that his reader may know the certainty of the things that have been taught about the Lord. Sometimes God asks us to do something for His Kingdom that is out of our comfort zone. It may not be what we expect but God will empower us to do whatever He asks us to do.
Luke's motivation and decision and surely submission to the will of God to be a part of what God was doing in his generation was handed down to us and his account of the birth of Christ the Lord is one of the stories we now celebrate.
Reflections:
What is my part in the story that God is writing in my generation?
What assignment/mission that He is giving me to do to tell His Story?
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