Mary faced a perplexing dilemma.
She was young - probably only fourteen summers old, had never been
married, yet was engaged to Joseph. And
to top it all off she was pregnant. That
is a whole passel of circumstances for the average fourteen-year-old.
She was fearful.
She was overwhelmed.
She was perplexed.
She was only
fourteen.
Yet she kept reflecting back to something her visitor had said a short
time ago. His words still rang in her
heart, for they were words of hope – perhaps the greatest words anyone could
ever want to hear.
He said this: “For
with God nothing is impossible.”
The actual account is found in Luke 1:37.
It is interesting to note that she only asked one question. “How
can this be, since I am a virgin?”
And with the response given, she simply said, in today’s vernacular … “God said it, and that’s enough for me.” That’s another way of saying “let it be done as you have said.”
That is simple faith.
God said it. I believe it.
Somewhere along the line, Mary had developed a giant-size God-concept. She had learned enough to know that God was
capable of doing some amazing things.
Perhaps she had heard stories of the forty-year wanderings of her
ancestors. Maybe she had sat in on a few
sermons and lectures on the birth of the Messiah and by now had figured out
that if God said it, God could do it.
Regardless, she stepped up to the plate and simply put her faith on the
line - “For with God nothing is impossible.”
Are you facing the impossible right now? Take heart my friend.
With
God
nothing is impossible.
I believe that.
Be encouraged.
P Michael Biggs
Up-Words.net
Offering Hope
At Christmas
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