The things we are going through are either making us sweeter, better, and nobler men and women, or they are making us more critical and fault-finding, and more insistent on our own way.
Only Believe
And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.” (Luke 1:45 ESV)
Love this verse. I often ask what if Mary wouldn’t have believed? But the reality is that she did believe and because she did, a miracle happened to her and she will be remembered for all eternity for her faith. So what can we believe for in our life? God is constantly talking to us. His Word is full of him speaking directly into our lives. We must first choose to have ears to hear (Matt. 11:15). Then we must just simply believe that God will do what He promised. No wavering, no doubting, only believing! Then once we believe, we do the works of Faith.
God, help me to have the kind of faith that will believe You even when I don’t understand what you You are doing. Let my faith be so big that you can do what seems to be impossible to do in my life. Use me, like you did with Mary, to inspire others to have faith for the impossible!
The passion of Christianity comes from deliberately signing away my own rights and becoming a bondservant of Jesus Christ. Until I do that, I will not begin to be a saint.
