In our own lives we sometimes become so jaded that we even refuse to believe the good news we had been hoping to receive. We fall through time leading a hollow life and eventually lose hope. Perhaps things just did not go the way we had hoped they would. Perhaps we missed out on some of the good, little things in life. Perhaps all the naysayers in our life conveniently show up to offer us more discouragement. The worst part is when we finally resign ourselves and accept that nothing good will ever happen to us.
In Zechariah's case, he believed all the naysayers of the world who made him feel that he and his wife were too old to realize a dream. So the angel Gabriel gave him a bit of a rude awakening. The truth is, no matter how hopeless things seem, based upon how other people's lives "normally" progress, it is our duty to believe and to never lose hope.
We are all destined for greatness and nobody but God knows what that means for each of us individually. Granted, each of us as individuals might have an idea what kind of greatness we may be destined for. But still, nobody else has the right to tell us where we ought to be in life at a particular time based upon their "expert" opinion, no matter how "authoritative," "faithful," "prayerful," or "experienced" they seem. After all, they did not live the same life that we, each individually, specifically lived. Thus, we should never let these naysayers of the world get into our heads and bring us down. We need to make it our mission to prove people like them wrong. In the end, Zechariah and Elizabeth managed to do exactly that.
Luke 1: 5-25
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