comparing Abraham, Zechariah, and Mary.
In scripture we read about Sarah and Abraham and the miraculous story of conception. God promised this faithful couple, the Father of a Nation, the man who God gave the unconditional covenant to, a baby in their old age.
What was their response?
They laughed.
Then God sends the Angel Gabriel to Zechariah, a man who God sees as righteous - 1:6, a priest who had the divine privilege of entering the sanctuary of the Lord. The Angel Gabriel tells him he was also conceive a baby.
What was his response?
Doubt.
Then we see Mary. A humble teenage girl in the town of Nazareth. She was to deliver the Savior as a virgin. A miraculous conception.
What was her response?
“I am the Lord’s servant.”
May our response to God’s will and impossible circumstances not be laughter and doubt but a willing acceptance and yes.
