Luke 1:13

But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear a son, and you shall call his name call.

I am trying to wrap my brain around teaching Kindergarten online. It’s really crazy when you think about it. I will be doing alive session on Zoom with all of my students every morning from 9-10:30. Then I will meet with small groups online while the rest of my students watch the prerecorded lessons that I have already videotaped for Monday. They will then do the assignments that I have scheduled for Monday. Today is Sunday, but everything for Monday is done. I am actually recording for Tuesday now. I don’t want my parents to be overwhelmed with all of Monday’s work on Sunday so I have put the recordings in a folder on my site have timed for the release of these videos and assignments to be released at 6pm tonight. I’ve been finished with Monday’s work since Friday, but the parents will not see them until tonight. And they won’t see Tuesday’s work until Monday night either.

I read Luke 1:13 this morning during my devotional time and I can’t get it out of my head. When my small group and I discussed this verse we concurred that God was answering a prayer that Zacharias had obviously stopped praying. Maybe Zacharias prayed for a child when his wife was childbearing age; when it was possible. But now that it wasn’t humanly possible, we believe he stopped praying for it. We believe that because he was in total shock when the angel appeared and told him that his prayer would be answered.

However, God was not shocked. He had already answered the prayer of Zacharias. Just like my prerecorded videos and assignment, the answer was finished a long time ago. But God had put it on a timer to be released at the right time. God knew when this prayer needed to executed. He knew that Zacharias’s wife Elizabeth needed to have this baby then her little cousin Mary would be 16 or 17 years old so she would be of childbearing age.

Zacharias probably thought that God didn’t answer his prayer or more so that God said, “No.” But this answer was already checked off on God’s to do list.

I’m so glad that we can trust in Jesus. I’m so glad that we can trust in God’s timing. I’m so glad that he holds the whole plan in his hands and releases the answer to our prayers at the best time possible.

Let’s keep trusting. Let’s keep praying.