As a reminder, Zechariah and his wife Elizabeth have prayed for a child for years, but to no avail. At last, he goes into the Holy of Holies and meets an angel, who tells him that his wife will have a child. Zechariah, understandably, isn't so sure of this. He has questions.
The angel Gabriel, however, isn't really in the mood for questions, and as a result, Zechariah is given the opportunity to silently consider all that is about to happen.
Sometimes, God does this for us. We experience setbacks, and we're forced to be on the sidelines. While there, we have the choice -- will we use that time to ponder what God is doing, or will we complain and pout about how we ended up there? It's an attitude question -- do we tune our attitudes to always be on the lookout for how God is striving to help us grow, or do we simply think the world is out to get us?
Over the long run, God wants us to grow into the people that we are called to be. It's the process called sanctification -- it's only complete at our deaths. So may we use all the time, even the idle time, to grow closer to Christ and listen to what God may be saying to our hearts.
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