Luke 1:26-32

Luke 1:26-32
First Written on 9/11/07
In this passage a messenger of God comes to tell Mary that she has been chosen by God to be the mother of the Messiah. Can you imagine what that must have been like? You are minding your own business and suddenly there is an angel before you. The message that the angel brings her is disturbing because she is an unmarried woman. Think about it the custom of the day was to stone unmarried women who hadn’t kept themselves pure. When the angel is telling Mary about what is going to happen he was asking her to trust in God that she wouldn't be stoned to death. How would we react? When is the last time that God asked us to do something that might cost us our lives? When is the last time that you resisted doing something that God asked you to do? Do we think that God loves us any less than he loved Mary? God is our heavenly Father who will always protect and guide us. He wouldn't ask us to perform a task and then not protect us. The next time God asks us to do something I hope you think of Mary and use her obedience as an inspiration on how we should react. Mary took this task that could have caused her to lose her life and she called it a blessing, rejoicing and praising God for allowing her to do this for him.
Interpretation now 4/8/10
I still think this must have been exceeding mind boggling to Mary. She had her life set, she was planning her marriage and preparing to become a wife and I am sure it seemed like with just one statement from God's Messenger that all of that is drastically different. I know that I would have been speechless, I hate change how about you? I am sure that Mary is certainly thinking about the ramifications from this path that God has set before her. I think that we should stop and think what questions would we have for God's Angel? Would we be able to speak or would we be dumbfounded? I now get from this that change isn't always bad even though sometimes it is very painful. Sometimes you just have to say to God "I trust you" even if you are so scared that you can't even see what you are going to do in the next minute. Dear Lord help us realize that Fear is Satan's tool to keep us from trusting you and that it is also a choice. We can always with your help chose to trust you and let the fear melt away. Amen.