"30 But the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God.31 You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus.32 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,33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end."
Luke 1:30-34
How shocked would you be. Girls, especially. If an angel came to you and said, hey listen. I know you have your own plans, and that your a virgin and your just kind of hoping to live a simple life but SORRY, that's not going to fly. You're going to give birth to the son of God, Jesus. My guess, pretty shocked. We don't plan for that to happen to us. We don't go to bed at night thinking okay... I'll get up at 6, take a shower, and get ready, eat some breakfast, then the angel Gabriel's going to come and change my life, history, religion, and the world forever. And then after that maybe I'll go grab some food. No, we don't plan for that sort of thing. Mary didn't either. She had a very simple life. So did Joseph. When he married Mary he didn't expect to find out one day that his virgin wife was pregnant. He wanted just a normal life of a carpenter, but that didn't work for him either.
But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins.
What faith. What faith that Joseph & Mary had that they could give up everything they had prepared, and expected to follow what came in a dream, or what an angel told them (respectively). Most things I dream, I forget instantaneously. We need to pray every single day that we have the great faith of Mary & Joseph to be as willing and excepting of our God's word and will.
His word is better than anything we could ever hope for, dream for, or even imagine. Why wish for a word when we can have the whole book, metaphorically, in the name of Jesus Christ?
In this Christmas season, I hope that you are willing to take on God's requests.
Merry Christmas (in 3 days) Y'all :)
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