Zacharias Leave the temple, beginning his journey home, his mind is racing a thousand miles a minute, so many thought pressing in on him at one time. Like what am I going to do now that I am struck with dunbness?
How will I preform my priestly duties?
More over how will the people feel about this?
Well he thinks to himself I must not make a bad situation worst by not continuing my preistly function, I will continue, but his mind is still in turmoil.
What do I tell my wife?
How do I tell my wife?
What will my wife think?
He can see the house it is just a little ways from were he is, his head feel like it is going to explode. Zacharias stops, put both hands on each side of his head, trying hopelessly to queit all of his thoughts. He sees Elisabeth through one of the windows, she walking back and forth, feeling his wife is worried he heads for the house.
As he enters the house his wife turns with a look of relief, and says, "I was worried it never takes you this long at the temple". Zacharias instinctively opens his mouth to speak, but nothing come out, he quickly turn to gather up paper and pin. He writes a short note to imform his wife the he can not speak, after which he writes out the whole story.
Elisabeth was filled with mixed emotions, but she could not stop the excitement that awaken a new hope within her for a son. She just knew that she would never be able to forget. how her heart burned with in her, when she read how that God was going to remove the reproach the man has put upon her. She knew for years how people looked at, treated her and talked behind her back, feeling that God was punishing her with barreness for some hidden sin. Elisabeth did not let this good news puff her up with pride, to go out and parade her pregnancy around prider than an old peacock to prove everyone wrong, for she had more pressing thing to do.Her child was not to be an ordinary one, he was destined to be a prophet an not just simple a prophet but a Nazarite and the forerunner of the Messiah.
So Elisabeth retired to their mountain side home to teach, train and keep her son from any pollutions that would violate his rites of becoming a Nazarite. For a Nazarite must be set apart to God from everything that is polluting, as a sign he shall drink neither wine nor strong drink, he was to learn to live a life of self denial, wear a hairy garment and leather girdle and live apart from the world. The child will be great in the sight of the Lord, he would be filled with the Holy Ghost from his mothers womb. Elisabeth knew that her child needed to be fit and qualified for the great service he would be called to preform, he was going to preach repentance to correct degenerate people, he would be instrumental to turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord thier God.
How would you respond to such a plan of God for your life?
Would you be lifted up with pride like so many that claim some kind of special favour with God?
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