And most of those things will deal with who you are and God.
You see when the angel appeared to Mary that fateful day [when she was to found out she was going to give birth to the Son of God] he immediately greeted her as 'highly favored one,the Lord is with you, blessed among women.'
At that she was perplexed. Umm.. what did you just say about me?
One translation of the bible it says: "she was greatly troubled and disturbed and confused at what he said and kept revolving in her mind what such a greeting might mean."
In all reality when someone walks into the room they usually don't say:
"Hello beautiful one, with such a good heart, you are loved!"
It would take you by surprise and you would probably laugh.
BUT what if that statement was true.
Listen with me for a minute.
When the angel appeared to Mary he immediately called out the things in her that he saw, the things of WHO SHE WAS.
And because Mary did not know who she really was, she was troubled and blushed at the thought of being highly favored and blessed among women.
She was a bit confused and seriously troubled as to why an angel of the Lord was with her. But what if she knew who she was. What if when the angel appeared to her and said those things, she knew the angel was from the Lord because he called her things she already knew about herself. So then when he went on to explain that she would in fact be the mother of the Son of God it wouldn't have shocked her as it did.
She would of been comfortable and confident in the mission place before her.
Another interesting thing is that the angel did not have to declare who he was to Mary. She immediately knew that he was a messenger of the Lord.
She saw that Lord was with him. He was confident in who he was, who he was made to be, a messenger of the Lord.
Think of it this way, if you will.
The angel knew who he was. Knew who he was created to be. So when God calls him and tells him to go tell Mary that she is going to give birth to Jesus, he didn't question.
Wait, what? Who me?
He heard what God asked of him and did it. Having full faith and trust in God that even though this sounded very radical and it might have to take a lot of explaining to do, he went ahead with his message to Mary because HE KNEW WHO HE WAS.
I desire to be like that.
I want to know who I am. Know what I'm called to do.
I want to have radical things take place in my life.
And when they do I don't want to be confused or question but instead be confident.
I want to call out things in others that are the Truth, so that they too might get a glimpse of who they really are.
And maybe in that I will find that that is what I was created to do.
Call out Truth. Lead others to Truth, in who they are, who Jesus is.
You are loved.
You are safe.
You are highly favored.
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Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean NOT on your own understanding.
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5 comments:
Hello precious one! we(your dad and I) have just read this together. He went out to start his car @ 0 degrees! What a wonderful message. I to want to speak the truth of who we are, 1st to myself and then to others. People would live different lives if they only knew. See you soon ,Much love
Thank you for being such an inspiration. I love to read your blog and see things from a different perspective - away from the Sunday School cliches! You really make me think and force me to reflect inward as well as outward!! Have a great Christmas - no matter where you are, I know you'll be surrounded by people who love you!!
Dear Child: Looking forward to having you home for Christmas. It will be so good to see you again. Stay safe, see you soon! Love, Aunt 60
you are rare and so beautiful.
WOW, Allie, this is so good. You are very amazing not only in how you think but putting it in words on paper so others can read the inspiration. Keep up the great work for Jesus!
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