Monday, December 10, 2012

John’s Beginning



In today’s reading, Zechariah a priest advanced in age is burning incense in the Temple of the Lord.  An angel appears to him, this was a first and he was afraid.
The angel said, “Don’t be afraid, Zechariah, your prayer has been heard.  Your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you are to call him John.”

Then Gabriel, yes, the same angel that later appears to Mary, explains in verse 17, “And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous - to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”  Wow!  After wanting a child all the years now finally, Can you imagine the excitement?  Zechariah asks how can it be because I’m old and my wife, Elizabeth, is old?  Then Gabriel reminds Zechariah, I stand in the presence of the God and have been sent to tell you the good news.  Then Gabriel explains to Zechariah, you will not be able to speak until the son is born because you did not believe Gabriel.

He was born and they called him John.  Zechariah could talk again.  He grew up and prepared a world for Jesus.

Prayer:  Dear Father, Help us to hear, believe, and share the good news of Jesus, not just the season of Advent, but everyday all year long.

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