Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child. He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone's astonishment he wrote, "His name is John." Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue was loosed, and he began to speak, praising God.
After rejecting and doubting the angel in the beginnin, and seeing that Elizabeth really got pregnant, Zechariah's faith must have increased tremendously. What's more, he has to endure at least nine months of silence, of not being able to speak to anyone. Would he speak to God during those nine months? Maybe he did, and maybe all the while, after knowing that Elizabeth is pregnant, he's been praising God in his heart and soul. And by faith, he named his son John! Amazing how God works. I don't know how it would be like to not be able to speak, let alone for nine months would my faith be like Zechariah? I'm not sure. But by the grace of God, I want to have faith like Elizabeth, Zechariah and Mary, who places their trust in God to the extent that their lives were changed tremendously from the encounter with God.
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