Advent: Week 2 | Day 2

December 8 | Luke 1: 18-25

Zechariah didn’t believe God would give them a child. This is a common theme in the Bible, specifically not believing God about having a child in old age (i.e. Abraham and Sarah). It’s also a more general idea that God’s plans for our future are so crazy that it’s impossible to believe they will happen. Think about that for a second: God’s plans for people’s lives tend to be so big, crazy and insane that it’s common in the Bible for people to say to God, “That’s not possible. I don’t believe you.” 

Reflection

Do you think we will ever realize that that’s just how God works? Ephesians 3:20 says it like this: 

“Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us…”

What if this Christmas, you really believed God could do more in your life than you could ever imagine?

Prayer

God, the One who does more than we could ever imagine, help us to trust you, especially when it seems impossible.