Ogden Campus: The Gift of Christmas Pt. 1 - The Story of Zech and Liz

The gift of Christmas: Believe it. Receive it. Give it. God will always accomplish his way. There’s nothing quite like the anticipation and excitement that comes from waiting all the way to Christmas day before opening and exchanging gifts! Sometimes we wait enthusiastically and say, “I can’t wait!” and other times we say and feel “I won’t wait!” or “I’m tired of waiting!” or “What I’m waiting for is never going to happen!” This is how Zacheriah and Elizabeth (Zach and Liz) felt about their lifetime of infertility. The Israelites also felt this way. The people of God had been waiting for hundreds of years for a promised Messiah that still hadn’t come and there were no signs that he was coming anytime soon. Sometimes in the waiting, we grow hopeless, disappointed, or faithless, doubting that the gift will ever come or that God is up to something. But God was up to something in both Zach and Liz’ world and in THE world. There were two babies that were to come, John and Jesus; one was a gift to Zach and Liz, and one a gift to the entire world. Luke 1:5-45 NLT Is there anything you’ve been waiting on God for? How are you doing in the waiting? Are you believing or doubting, contending, or growing hopeless? Begin praying that God’s will, will be done no matter what? Ask him to help you believe and actively wait.