The Urban Dictionary defines “giddy” this way, “to feel extremely excited as if you just saw a rock star, crush or celebrity that made you seem speechless or incompetent of acting normal.” I don’t think I’m overstating the case to suggest that Zacharias was giddy. What makes you giddy? A new car? A refund check? A big buck? A week of vacation? What made Zacharias giddy? You might think it was the birth of a son he never thought he would have or the fact that he could speak again after being mute for nine months. Those were factors to be sure but if you read his poem that has been called “The Benedictus” you’ll find nothing about his recovery and only two verses about his new son. The rest of the poem is about God’s faithfulness and tender mercy! I hope to be able to talk more about this on Sunday but Luke 1:75 seems to be a foundational reason for the excitement Zacharias was experiencing. The promises of God would result in an opportunity for fallen mankind to serve God without fear, in holiness and righteousness! If that doesn’t sound good to you it is because you haven’t had nine months of silence to think about it! Zacharias understood from his meditation on God’s promises that His intentions for us are far greater than a comfortable life in this life. God decided before the foundation of the world to love beings in His image so much that He would make them like Him! But to be like Him means we have a choice in the matter. Some of the great questions of the Advent Season should be, “Do I want to embrace what I was created to be? Do I want to be holy and without blame? Do I want to stand before Him accepted in the Beloved? Jesus Christ came to make all this possible! Zacharias was still looking forward with a bit of uncertainty about how God would do this but we have the rest of the story. Hopefully, the more we grasp what God has decided to do, the more giddy we’ll become and we’ll get on with His purposes even now.