To Us a Son Is GivenSample

Nothing is Impossible

We can sympathize with Mary’s question in today’s passage. After all, the idea of a child being born to a virgin sounds impossible. And it is, humanly speaking. But Jesus wasn’t just any child.

Even the circumstances of Jesus’ birth testify to His greatness. For example, compare Jesus to John, the prophet who would be greater than Moses and Elijah. While John would be filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus would be conceived by the Spirit. John’s mother was too old to have children, but Jesus’ mother did not yet have a husband. Although John would be a privileged prophet, Jesus would be called holy, the Son of God. John would clear a path for the Lord; Jesus was (and is) Lord.

If the angel’s announcement to Mary seems unrealistic or impossible to our ears, then it may be that we have forgotten that we are dealing with the God who spoke the world into existence and who sovereignly upholds it every second of every day. He is not constrained by our human limitations. Nothing is impossible with Him, not even sending the Savior of the world through a young virgin named Mary.

Simple Summary

After being told that she would give birth to a son, Mary wondered how this could be since she didn’t have a husband. The angel told Mary that the child would be born by the power of the Holy Spirit and that He would be called holy, the Son of God. Mary needed to be reminded, and so do we, that God is all-powerful. Nothing is too difficult for Him.

Pray

Thank God that He is all-powerful, and ask Him to help you trust in His strength.