Why Mary’? - Day two:
Luke 1: 38
After the announcement of the angel to Mary of such news Mary responded:
‘Let it be to me just as you say’. Or, as the AV puts it:
‘Let it be to me according to Your word’
We will consider this important visit of the angel later, but I feel it is right and fitting to look at Mary’s response first. This response came from a servant heart that loved and served God supremely. This response came from a heart that trusted God ultimately. This response came from a heart that through the years had learned God’s Word and was constantly growing and developing in her relationship with God.
Here we have a very young teenager who automatically gave God the ‘Yes’ of her heart. Such a response must have come from a lifetime, a short lifetime, of deep, personal, intimate relationship with God.
I am now left with the challenge, when God asks something of me, when God asks something of you, how do we respond? How do I respond? How do you respond? ‘Let me go away and think about it, pray about it … Let me go and discuss it with my husband, wife, prayer partner, trusted friend’. Or, from the experience and intimate relationship with God down through the years. Do I respond: ‘Let it be to me according to Your Word’.
‘All in my heart, Lord Thou canst read,
Master Thou knowest I love Thee indeed.
Ask what Thou wilt my devotion to test,
I will surrender the dearest and best’.
Ruth Tracy (SASB 507 – chorus)
Major Glad Ljungholm
Divisional Candidates Officer
Liverpool
Haven't been able to get to the Army today because of illness. Thanks Glad for your ministry on here. You have blessed my wife and me. God bless you in all you do in our division.
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