Numbers 1, Luke 1: 26-38, Psalm 43
Luke 1: 38 (ESV)
“And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let
it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.”
In verse 38 from Luke 1, we read about Mary’s response to
the Angel Gabriel when he told her she would conceive a son. Mary had such incredible
faith. She must have known what being pregnant without being married might have
meant for her. Mary was still not married to Joseph, and he could break the marriage
contract and abandon her because of her pregnancy. If Joseph did abandon Mary, she
could receive the death penalty for having a child while she was still
betrothed. Despite knowing all the pitfalls of what the pregnancy would cause
in her life, Mary agreed and told the Angel Gabriel she was God’s servant and
would accept whatever God’s plan was for her life. I don’t know if I would have
Mary’s faith if an Angel appeared to me with some crazy plan of God’s for my
life. I would like to think I would have said Yes as Mary did, but I don’t
think that I would be to predict my actions until I was faced with a similar
decision. I do know I would have told the angel, I would do it but only with
God’s help. I know I could not do it on my faith alone.
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