May 8, 2026
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Reading along with us in 1 Chronicles and Luke? Here’s today’s reading:
Luke 1 (NIV)
Introduction
1Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, 2just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word.…..Continue Reading
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Luke, a doctor and a recognized historian from what he writes in the Bible, endeavors to share what he has learned from investigating the life and ministry of Jesus. And it is amazing all the things that God did to show that He was on the move and that there was something special about John the Baptist and Jesus. But the biggest lesson is to found in the different responses of Zechariah and Mary to Gabriel’s message. Zechariah asks how can I be sure, expressing doubt, and Mary, says how can this happen, expressing a desire to know how she would participate, but expressing faith in what the angel has shared. May we heed God’s call on our lives in such a way, to ask what we should do, but clearly expressing a desire to be used. I also love the humility that Mary shows in what she declares about her God and all the things that Zechariah says about what his son would become and how he would be used by God.
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To think this is the birth of Christianity. Over 2.5 billion people consider to be of Christian faith. One older women giving birth to John the Baptist who will be homeless but filled with the Holy Spirit. And a young unmarried girl from Nazareth. Scorned by all who knew her to be pregnant before marriage. You would think the king of kings Creater of the universe would enter this world in another way. Always the opposite of the world system.
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Remarkable faith shown by Elizabeth and Mary to be told in both situations that you would have a child. One too old to imagine it and the other a virgin but both embraced the plan God had for them despite the challenges it would bring. They loved the child and were ready to sacrifice for that child the moment they heard it would be in their wombs. May I be so faithful that even when God is taking me down a path that seems difficult, even unbelievable, that I will not doubt like Zechariah but embrace it like these two women did!
I was struck by the enormity of what the Angel Gabriel told Mary about her baby.
“Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.””
Luke 1:30-33 NKJV