Luke 1: 18Zechariah asked the angel, "How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years."
Luke 1: 34"How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?"

Even as I continue to meditate upon Luke 1, the response of Zechariah and Mary caught my attention. If you realised when the angel of the Lord told them what God has planned for them, there was uncertainty and doubt in their hearts, and hence it brought them to question the angel if it is going to be possible.
They have allowed thier rational mind to come in to block their faith as well as what God really can do. Even as I read through, I realised I am guilty of that at times and indeed if we are walking by faith every day, and if it was really a word or vision that the Lord showed to us, however impossible it may seem, we should just receive and recognised that it is the Lord who will be giving and not you. Move in faith and obedience and trust in the Lord for the impossible to happen.

Luke1: 19The angel answered, "I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news. 20And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their proper time."

Due to the lack of faith to believe in what the angel said, hence Zechariah was forbidden to speak till the word of the Lord has come to pass. Hence similar to this, because of our lack of faith, God might just with hold certain things He wants to give us, till the proper time, but uses this time to teach us and mold us to be ready to embrace the matter.

Really amazing how God works and the human mind can never really fully understand what He has for us. If not we can be God already! Haha.. pray that this short sharing blesses your heart!

LETS GO DEEP IN THE LORD THIS SEASON!