Christmas Mission?
In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, "Greetings, you who are highly favoured! The Lord is with you."
Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end."
"How will this be," Mary asked the angel, "since I am a virgin?"
The angel answered, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. For nothing is impossible with God."
"I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said." Then the angel left her.
Luke 1 v 26-38
Imagine being Mary for a minute. She probably got her life mapped out in her mind. She is due to get married to a man from a good family with a trade. That is pretty much the best she could ask for in her culture. But then, out of nowhere, God turns her life on its head. Her plans for the future are thrown into disarray.
At first she cant believe what she’s just heard, but the angel says “nothing is impossible with God."
There have been a few times in my life when I have made plans for the future only for God to send me in a completely different direction.
I love how Mary reacts to this life changing news. She accepts that she is just a servant of God so it is his plans that are important.
Is God calling you to a new crazy mission?
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