God continually looks among his people not for the rich and famous but for the righteous and holy to join him in his work of salvation. He saves you with imputed righteousness and uses you through realized righteousness.
Comparing Luke emphasizing Zechariah not Herod
Luke repeatedly emphasized the power of prayer and the need to learn to pray and to pray together. A praying church finds God’s power coming to work among them and accomplish the church’s mission.
Trent C. Butler, Luke, vol. 3, Holman New Testament Commentary (Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2000), 8.
