All who heard them pondered them and said, “What then will this become?” — Luke 1:66
Luke here is talking about John the Baptist not Jesus, but I suspect the same was said when people came to admire the child his parents called Jesus. What parent doesn’t wonder what his or her child will become. I doubt if Elizabeth or Zechariah anticipated that there son would end up in a desert, eating locusts, and preaching repentance. I also doubt anyone would have predicted the horrific treatment he suffered all because of the wishes of a dancing girl.
The Bible tells us little about how John learned that he had a gift, and how he decided to use his gifts of oration, prophecy, and leadership to serve God. But what we can learn from John is the reminder that we are all called to discover our unique gifts and skills, and use them to serve God and our neighbors. None of us are exempt, each one of us is unique, and each of us has a unique calling.
Advent is the perfect time to learn what God’s will for us. We can use the time to pray, worship, and talk to friends and family to discover what and who each of us were meant to become, and to “begin again” the journey to get to that place and person.
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