There were two verses in the middle of the angel telling Mary about Jesus and her response that we didn’t look at. They are important, and they could have had something to do with Mary’s quick response.
“And listen, even your relative Elizabeth has also conceived a son in her old age, and she who was called barren is now in her sixth month. For with God nothing [is or ever] shall be impossible.” Luke 36-37 (AMP)
Mary would have known about her relative’s disgrace of being barren for all those years. She would have known her time had passed, but now the angel is telling her about this impossible gift that didn’t just happen but has been for six months. Mary is young and hasn’t had a lifetime of disappointments to cloud her wonder and awe of the things she is hearing. The angel tells her what will happen to her, he tells her what has already happened to Elizabeth, and he’s told her how it will happen. The only thing left is for her to answer, and she says yes, let everything you’ve said about me come true.
In the next few verses, we see Mary immediately heading to visit Zechariah and Elizabeth. Did she want to see for herself that Elizabeth was pregnant, or, more likely, did she need to tell someone she knew would believe her and help support her in all of this?
At the sound of Mary’s voice, the child Elizabeth is carrying leaps within her, and Elizabeth is filled with the Holy Spirit. Then Mary gets what she possibly came for, the belief and confirmation that all that has happened to her is real.
“Elizabeth gave a glad cry and exclaimed to Mary, ‘God has blessed you above all women, and your child is blessed. Why am I so honored that the mother of my Lord should visit me? When I heard your greeting, the baby in my womb jumped for joy. You are blessed because you believed that the Lord would do what He said.’” Luke 1:42-45 (NLT)
One thing Elizabeth said to her jumped out at me.
You are blessed because you believed that the Lord would do what he said.” Luke 1:45 NLT
Mary believed that the Lord does what He says, but this verse doesn’t say “will” do, it says “would” do. It doesn’t mean that she believes that the Lord will do what the angel said at some point, she believed He would do it, that it is going to happen just as He said.
Tomorrow we will unpack Mary’s beautiful response to Elizabeth.
Today’s truth is that blessings come to those who believe the Lord does what He says.
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