What Will This Child Become?

Jesus and the Just Reign of God
God Sends Jesus
Mary's Song of Praise

Luke 1:59-66

The Message

^59-60 On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the child and were calling him Zachariah after his father. But his mother intervened: “No. He is to be called John.”
^61-62 “But,” they said, “no one in your family is named that.” They used sign language to ask Zachariah what he wanted him named.
^63-64 Asking for a tablet, Zachariah wrote, “His name is to be John.” That took everyone by surprise. Surprise followed surprise—Zachariah’s mouth was now open, his tongue loose, and he was talking, praising God!
^65-66 A deep, reverential fear settled over the neighborhood, and in all that Judean hill country people talked about nothing else. Everyone who heard about it took it to heart, wondering, “What will become of this child? Clearly, God has his hand in this.”

For Reflection

Yes, what indeed will this child become?  Time and time again we are asked to suspend reason for God's wisdom.  In this case,reason dictated that Elizabeth's son be named for his father.  Reason predicted that Zachariah would follow the prevailing custom.  An yet, having been dumb struck in God's presence, Zachariah speaks in support of his wife and defies convention.  How willing are you to suspend reason when it comes to God's will?

 

Pray

that you will see God's hand at work in your life and the lives of others.  Pray that you will suspend reason and embrace the mystery that is God.