Scared of God

Luke 1:12 says that Zechariah (father of John the Baptist) was “troubled when he saw” the angel of the Lord. I just wonder how many times that I have prayed for God to show up and do something and it troubles me – scares me when He does. Maybe Zechariah was troubled or scared because of what God might do in answer to his prayers. Maybe he knew that if God did answer with a child as he was praying then his life would be drastically changed. Being the father of three children myself I can testify that children DEFINITELY change your life. In fact, maybe that is what scared Zechariah the most, the knowledge that his life after the encounter with God would not be the same. And it wasn’t! Instead of being scared of God I am going to strive to expect God to bring changes into my life. Now I have to go, one of my children is calling. Blessings