“Let It Be To Me According To Your Word”

Christmas is the fulfillment of divine prophecies. God spoke about the Seed of the woman and Isaiah spoke about the virgin birth. In our last part of the journey to Christmas, I want us to consider the actual fulfillment of the prophecies of the Old Testament. This goes a long way to testify that the Bible is not a human made book but a God inspired book. Our first point of consideration will be the announcement of the birth of Christ to Mary, the highly favored one. 

The angel visited and told her the news of what God will be doing through her. Mary’s answer was not doubt but a firm faith in the Lord who is able to do anything. Luke 1:38 (NKJV) said, “Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.”

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There are two important lessons we can pick from this text:

#1. “Behold The Maidservant Of The Lord!”

When the angel visited and announced the plan of God to Mary, she responded by saying that she is a ‘servant of the Lord’. That’s a noble and humble self assessment. She didn’t think of herself more highly than others. She saw herself as a vessel ready to be filled with the Holy Ghost to do the will of the Master. That must be our attitude as believers. The apostles of Jesus Christ saw themselves as ‘bondservants of the Lord Jesus’.

#2. “Let It Be To Me According To Your Word”

Mary’s next line of statement affirmed her faith and trust in the Lord to do what He wants to do with her. She didn’t doubt what God can do but trusted that whatever He says, He is capable of doing. Knowing what her great ancestors experienced in the Old Testament, she had grounds to believe what God can do through her. Mary also knew that God’s word is capable of being fulfilled irrespective of the prevailing conditions. She only had to believe it and it’s as good as done. We have to speak like Mary, “Lord, do what you want to in my life.”

We realize in the Scripture above that the prophecy of Isaiah that the virgin shall conceive and give birth to a Son was being fulfilled. Mary was not born with the knowledge that she was the one to give birth to the saviour of the world but when the news came to her, she didn’t doubt but embraced what God said and trusting that it shall be done. We must behave like Mary, when we hear God speak, we must trust Him that He is capable of doing it.