Luke 1:38

38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.

 

 

I think when we read of the virgin birth, we are caught up in the overall picture, but we lose sight of the fact that Mary is a teenage girl who is to be married to Joseph when the angel arrives on the scene to tell her, "Mary, you are to be with child through the Holy Spirit."   Imagine the things that would race through your mind:  "How will I manage this news, my husband, my reputation, most importantly, my life?"   I don't think we fully understand the strength of this young lady, it is no wonder she was chosen.   A heart so surrendered to the Lord, she says, "May your word to me be fulfilled."    This is: "Strength in Surrender!" 

 

The power comes when we surrender to God, that is when the impossible becomes possible through this Strength in Humility, this Sweet Surrender to the Lord. 

 

 

The takeaway, the application here is to surrender to God, to listen for His movement, to be obedient to His leading.    As we listen for His voice, we must prepare our hearts to be read to move, to accept it, to step into it, to be obedient to it.   James said don't just merely listen to the word, do what it says.   We must respond to the word of God.

 

 

Lord, I pray that all of us could step into the stream of obedience, that we would experience this Strength in Surrender, that you would do the impossible in and through us, that we might see the miraculous, that we might be sent to do the impossible, in Jesus' name, Amen!