Luke 1:30–31
“But the angel said to her, ‘Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a Son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.’”
To Mary, It felt like just another day.
One second later, and life and the world had changed. Especially when the story is about Mary and Jesus. Mary’s story begins with impossibilities stacked like mountains before her.
An angel appears—already enough to leave her trembling. Then comes the message: she, a virgin, will bear a child. Not just any child, but the Son of God. Add to that the news that her elderly relative Elizabeth is also expecting. It was more than any heart could take. Yet the angel’s words carried a promise: “For no word from God will ever fail.”
Mary could have argued. She could have doubted. She could have said, “This makes no sense.” She might have told the angel that she she had a fiancé, a Mom, aunts, other relatives, and neighbors who could not understand.
Instead whispered, “Behold the handmaiden of the Lord. May it happen to me according to your word.”
The simple faith of a teenage girl, became the doorway through which God entered our world.
What mountains loom before you today? God’s Word to Mary is His Word to you: no promise of His will ever fail. When God speaks, impossibility bows. And when we say, “May it be to me,” heaven moves.
I’m Lonnie Davis, and these are thoughts worth thinking.