Elizabeth and Zacharias were righteous, blameless… and barren.
They were comparatively older. They wanted a baby. If she had visited a fertility specialist, the response would have been, “it would take a miracle.”
It wasn’t right, somehow. E and Z knew in their hearts, “We do everything right, we do everything we think that God is wanting us to do and….nothing.” He was even part of the staff of the temple, going up to Jerusalem on a regular basis to take his turn serving God.
Did they ever wonder, “Why bother?”
Lots of people think that about church, about being moral, about being good. What good does it do me? I’ve been good for a week and nothing happened. I’ve been good all year and I still got coal in my stocking. I tried being good and look what it got me.
Elizabeth and Zacharias did, finally, have a son. And, after about thirty years, his head was cut off. But in the meantime, God was amazing. John, their son, the child that couldn’t have been born, upset the whole social structure. He paved the way for the one to follow.
How long do you wait?
Until whatever you are waiting for absolutely couldn’t happen. Without a miracle.
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