THE STORY OF JESUS: Luke 1:57-66
“For the Lord’s hand was with him.” (Luke 1:66)
The details surrounding John’s birth caught peoples’ attention.
A barren older lady becomes pregnant, her husband loses his voice, in the temple!
And then this naming incident – everybody! names their first son after the father.
That Zechariah agrees with this radical naming adds to the shock.
And then he regains his voice, and bursts out in praise to God.
For an occupied nation, an oppressed people, these signs would give them hope.
Too many signs that God is at work, that God is up to something.
The people are talking, the people are wondering.
This may seem like a stretch to you, but I think we should all view our lives this way.
To see the details surrounding our lives, the good and the bad, as signs.
God is up to something, God is at work, and we are a part of that plan.
“I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.” (Luke 7:28)
John was important in the pre-Messiah days; but post-Messiah even the small are important.
The Lord’s hand is with you too, and the details of your life are a part of that.
Like Zechariah and Elizabeth, be faithful as you watch and wait to see what God is up to.
And when you see signs of it, join with Zechariah in bursting out in praise!
What do you sense the Lord saying to you?
PRAYER
Lord, sometimes we feel small, unimportant. Give us a sense of divine destiny, of sacred significance. Help us to see that the details in our lives are signs too that Your hand is with us!