Oh Mary. I can’t even imagine what she must have been thinking all of those years ago. Just a human girl, getting a visitation from an angel. Not only that, but the news he delivered in only 8 sentences, would absolutely shatter her world, her relationships and her reputation but she responded with “let it be to me as you have said”. She was clearly waiting for the Messiah, so much so, that when God sent His messenger to tell her she would be the vessel to carry the most precious child ever to have been born she was ready! She didn’t argue, it doesn’t say she cried or was afraid, she said let it happen exactly how the Lord says. Jesus, who all things are made through, made Himself to be a human baby to save all mankind. A holy seed in a completely human body. The infallible in the fallible. The wholeness of God in an ordinary, fragile vial.

That she said yes, not understanding the plan showed so much trust. She didn’t even understand the enormity of what her son would accomplish. She had no idea. She said yes in the moment as God knew she would.

What an incredible example of faith. She wasn’t perfect and certainly not holy. She was not who the world would have looked at as powerful or of any consequence but The Lord saw her heart and chose her to be His mother. Wow. What would the world be if each Christian said to God today, let it be to me as you will. And then said it again tomorrow and the next day and the next. Such freedom in an utterly terrifying statement. It will cost us. Our money, time, ego and pride. It will cost us everything and in the end nothing that really mattered.

To walk in the gates of heaven and have Jesus say – you left nothing on the table! You didn’t bury a single mina in the back yard! You spent every ounce of faith I gave you! You let it be what I, The Lord, wanted!

We are the ones to carry Christ in us now. The torch has passed to us. We are the fragile containers to carry the unconquerable Messiah. Emmanuel, God with us, in us. May we be strong enough, to trust God enough, because we are not enough, but He is!

© Bobbi Adams