“And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her” (Luke 1:38).
I will also use today’s verse at the end of our study because from start to finish this is what we need to remember most about Mary. Yesterday Mary had received news that rocked her world. I picture her before the angel possibly trembling and certainly filled with questions. However, I don’t see her letting her emotions rule. She listened and, by faith, accepted the words with a servant’s heart. The fact her cousin, Elisabeth, was pregnant in her old age had to help Mary believe the preceding verse, “For with God nothing shall be impossible” (Luke 1:37).
Do we have the courage to trust God come what may? Are we willing to obey Him with a servant’s heart?
Sue Winchester
Missouri
PRAY TOGETHER: Neighborhoods change; people move out, others move in. What a challenge for home missionaries desiring to plant stable churches, yet what an opportunity for witness. Pray also for your own neighborhood.
