Luke 1:59-60 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him Zechariah after his father. But his mother said, ‘No; he is to be called John.’
Today is the feast day of St. John, the Baptist. And so we read just a little bit of the story of his birth. This story often gets lost in its more natural lectionary place by the hub-bub of the Christmas season. Not surprisingly, John's birth story gets overshadowed by that of his slightly more famous cousin, Jesus.
And his parents named him John contrary to anyone's expectations. There were no Johns in the family. Dad was Zechariah, not John. People wondered where the name John came from. But we know. The listeners know. We know that an angel gave them the name. Actually, the angel was just the middle-man (or middle-woman, or middle-angel... you know what I mean). God gave the name. God gave the name and Elizabeth and Zechariah followed through. Simple. And faithful.
In Christ,
Pastor Seth
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