God Has Raised Up a Mighty Savior for Us

God is able to transform and recreate our boring, broken and hopeless lives. This is not speculation, but the stuff of history.

Zachariah would not believe that God could work in his and Elizabeth’s lives to give birth to a son that would be a great prophet to prepare the way for the Messiah. He was left speechless. How strange this is for a priest, a religious professional in the Hebrew community. Surely Zach had taught and preached how Abraham and Sarah had given birth in their old age to Isaac. And how Elkanah and Hannah had given birth to Samuel by the operation of God in their lives. Zach’s hopeless response to Gabriel, “Do you expect me to believe this?” did not stop God, it just stopped Zach’s joy and his talk.Now Gabriel’s message had unfolded in Zach’s and Elizabeth’s lives. They had joined the unfolding experience of God in human life. John was born! Zach could speak and rejoice again. Please hear this radical message spoken by Zach with his restored joyful voice. Trust it unconditionally. This message will transform and recreate our life this Advent. It is not speculation, it is the stuff of history renewed. It is God’s unfolding story in our very human lives.

God “set the power of salvation in the center of our lives, …So we can worship God without a care in the world, …The offer of salvation to God’s people, the forgiveness of sins,Through the heartfelt mercies of our God. …Showing us the way, one step at a time, down the path of peace.

Luke 1: 68-79 (The Message)

R. Lawton Higgs, Sr.