FEAST: 30 Days of Real Truth for Real LifeSample

Day 2: Mary—Willing

Snack

1. God’s plans are much bigger than you can comprehend. You don’t always have to have it "worked out."
2. God sees the heart. Is your lined up with God’s will and motives or your own?
3. Are you willing to believe God at His word no matter what, and say yes to Him?

Appetiser

To what are you willing to say "yes" to God?

Main Course

As Mary, a normal teenage girl, was called to be the mother of Jesus, she deeply understood that nothing was impossible for her Lord. Mary had her plans, it’s not wrong to make plans after all. But what gives away the motives of her pure heart here, is that she was willing to put down the plans she had for those of the Lord.

What about you? Do you welcome God’s interruptions or get frustrated by them? I know that when I’m irritated by His intervention, I need to check my heart.

The last thing we read of Mary saying in this interaction is also found in Luke 1:38. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” (Luke 1:38 NIV) Essentially, Mary says yes. Mary says yes before she understands the how or the why. She is willing to accept that this is what God has for her. She trusts Him enough to take the next step.

So the question I’d like to leave you with today is:

Are you willing to say yes to God before you’ve filled in all the blanks?