“Dealt Favor”

December 13, 2019

“Dealt Favor”

Blessings folk!

An angel had appeared to Zacharias while he ministered in the temple.
He did not believe.
He found himself deaf and dumb (as we will see in the balance of the account).

Apparently this took some time.

Read on…

Luk 1:21-25

The people were waiting for Zacharias, and were wondering at his delay in the temple.

But when he came out, he was unable to speak to them;
and they realized that he had seen a vision in the temple;
and he kept making signs to them, and remained mute.

When the days of his priestly service were ended, he went back home.

After these days Elizabeth his wife became pregnant,
and she kept herself in seclusion for five months, saying,

“This is the way the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He looked with favor upon me,
to take away my disgrace among men.”

The people wondered about the delay.
They really wondered when Zach came out unable to speak.
He made signs to them.
They realized that he has seen a vision.

Zach fulfilled his service duty…two weeks.
He went home.

At some point, a moment came that likely had not occurred for years.
Elizabeth was now bearing a child…a son…John.
She kept herself in seclusion.
Not from fear.
Not from fright.
From humility.
From excitement.
From an awareness that the Lord had looked upon her with favor…in her old age.
Her disgrace had been removed. (Jews considered barrenness to be a sign of disfavor from the Lord.)

One can nearly hear a shocked, believing giggle over what the Lord had done.

Favor!
Disgrace removed!
Prayer answered!
A son who is the forerunner of Messiah!

And we have a hard time being patient with the timing of the Lord?

Aggressively wait upon the Lord.

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