A Faith Like No Other!

Luke 1:26-38

After reading these scriptures I am convinced beyond a doubt that Mary had to be the most faithful person that ever lived.  Think about it, an angel comes to you and tells you that you will become pregnant with God’s son.  On top of that, you are a young, unmarried virgin.  What would you have done?  Would you have had the same response as Mary?  She didn’t jump up and down like someone who just won the lottery, she didn’t think oh, look at me and what I have been selected to do, she simply said “I am the Lord’s servant, may it be to me as you have said” (vs.38).  How much faith did that take?

So what can I learn from Mary?  Trust God with everything.  Have faith, real faith, in the plan that he has for me.  No matter what God asks me to do, I should do it humbly with my whole heart.  Acknowledge that I am but the Lord’s servant, and that basically means that I am to serve the Lord in all that I do. 

It is so easy to question everything that happens in our lives.  It is so easy to wonder what if?  It is so easy to sit back and let someone else serve.  But this is not how it should be, we should be like Mary, and be honored to serve the Lord in all that he asks us to do.  And we have to accept what he has for us to do.  Sometimes what God asks us to do is not all frills and fluff, sometimes it can seem less than thrilling, but no matter what it looks like on the outside, if God asks us to do it, it will turn out great and for his glory.  Oftentimes, when I am doing those not so fun and thrilling tasks, I think of a couple of good friends who once told me “sometimes you just have to be a donkey in the kingdom”.  It’s funny, but remember, it was a donkey that carried Mary into Bethlehem and a donkey that carried Jesus into Jerusalem.