Having a Mary Spirit... Week six
" I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. " May it be to me as you have said." Then the angel left her. (Luke 1: 37)
" Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about 3 months and then returned home." (Luke 1:56)
We are left to guess at Mary's age at the time the angel visited her.. but she was probably no more than a teenager. Can you imagine it? An angel comes to you and gives you the news that you are going to have a child. And that Child will be the Son of God. I would be asking like she did... " how will this be?" The angel answers her.. and then he tells her a very powerful thing... Nothing is impossible with God.
Donna Otto is quoted in the book as having said, ' as far as I can tell, once Mary said yes to the angel, she kept saying yes to whatever God was doing in her life and her home.
The Bible tells us that Mary spent 3 months with her cousin Elizabeth who was also going to have a baby promised by God. Did you ever wonder why... was it to get away from prying eyes... or because Elizabeth needed her... or did she just need the comfort of an older woman who was experiencing the same thing she was? When Mary turned to Elizabeth, she drew strength from fact that they had the same things in common. They faced some of the same challenges in their upcoming motherhood. Do you see the parallels? In watching Elizabeth give birth to a child who would become a man used by God... Mary was preparing her own spirit to meet her future as the mother of The Messiah.
But, even as I type this, I wonder, did she really understand what would be asked of her??? I can't help but ponder how Mary endured the things she endured as the mother of The Christ...
Just imagine...
I have said yes to God using my children. I know their hearts and how much they love the Lord... I have watched their hearts break while trying so hard to do what they believe God is asking them to do. I've seen the heartache and the pain when others don't understand who they are or why they give so much...
Once my child was hurt so much by people who should have been there for him, who should have loved and supported him,but they accused him falsely. And one day as I was praying for him, I said to the Lord..."Look how they have treated my child." and He replied, " Sharon, look at what they did to Mine."
Doing God's will takes one yes at a time.. and sometimes these are very hard yeses.
There was a time when God was asking me to do something and I was like Jonah... " Lord, You're kidding, right. You know that I can't do that... that's too hard for me, I don't want to be a blessing to this person. I just want them to feel the pain that I feel." Yeah, I was being very stubborn about it. I went kicking and screaming. I did what God asked me to do after months of begging Him to let me off the hook. Did it make me feel better? No.. I was still like Jonah... I was waiting on God to punish this person. After months of dealing with me, The Father helped me to understand, for my own good, I had to forgive and get on with my life. Is this person a different person today.. I pray they are.
Lord, use my life to honor you all of my days..
My Lord and My God, keep your servant from willful sins, that they may not rule over me. And I will be innocent of great transgressions. (Psalm 19:13)











