These verses tell the story of a birth – the most important birth that ever takes place, the birth of the Son of God, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Throughout all the circumstances around His birth, we see the hand of God ordering the smallest details according to His plan for this incredibly important event. Christ is born at […]

It’s maybe hard for us, looking back and clearly seeing God’s promise of a Saviour being fulfiled in Jesus Christ, to understand the mindset of someone like Zechariah, to fully appreciate the overwhelming joy he feels in what is going on. As his dumbness is removed, the very first words he says are praise to God. The oldest promise God […]

When Elizabeth gives birth to a son, all her relatives and friends rejoice with her. Though it is a small thing, rejoicing with those who rejoice and weeping with those who weep, is a godly thing (Romans 12:15), and it is something that our Lord Jesus Christ did, rejoicing at a wedding and weeping at a funeral (John 2 and […]