The Innocent Faith
We are told that Mary may have been as young as fourteen when she became engaged to Joseph…fourteen! How young…how innocent, and yet we know Mary was chosen by God for a reason to the mother of our Lord.
One can only imagine what Mary thought as the angel explained she would give
birth to a child. This wasn’t
Even more unbelievable was that Mary was a virgin, so certainly she asked the
angel, “How can this be?” This
was the same question Zacharius the priest had asked about the birth of his son,
John. We know the result of that
question…Zacharius could not talk until the child was born.
But Mary was not a priest…she was a young girl, and the angel explained to her
that “with God, all things are possible.”
And what was the response of this young lady to this plan God had for
her? “Behold the maidservant of the Lord.
Let it be to me according to your word.”
I
am blessed by the innocent faith of Mary. I
am blessed by her response. How
wonderful it would be if all of us could simply trust God…be His servant…and
live according to His word. We make
things so very complicated. We even
let this season of the year get complicated…stressful…busy.
We forget it’s all about a manger, a stable, a young mother whose loves
God with all her heart…who is His servant.
In
the midst of our complexity and confusion, may we remember how Jesus placed a
small child before Him and said, “Whoever becomes like this child shall enter
the kingdom of heaven.”
An
innocent faith…a simple time of the year.
May our response be as Mary’s: “Behold your servant, Lord.
Let it be to me according to your word.”
In Christ,
Billy