03.18.2015 New Testament: Luke 1.18–20

To read the Bible in a year, read Luke 1.24–56 on March 18, In the year of our Lord 2015

By Don Ruhl

Zacharias had been praying for his wife (Luke 1.13), that although both of them were old, they wanted to have children. The Lord heard the prayer of the priest and sent Gabriel to reveal to Zacharias that the Lord had answered his prayer, but he had a strange reaction to this news,

And Zacharias said to the angel, “How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.” And the angel answered and said to him, “I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and was sent to speak to you and bring you these glad tidings. But behold, you will be mute and not able to speak until the day these things take place, because you did not believe my words which will be fulfilled in their own time” (Luke 1.18–20). 

If the Lord answers your prayer in the affirmative, it is not a good idea to question whether He can carry it out. Thank Him and praise Him for hearing you.