CONFUSED OR DISTURBED?

Luke 1:28-30 NLT Gabriel appeared to her and said “Greetings, favoured woman! The Lord is with you!” Confused and disturbed, Mary tried to think what the angel could mean. “Don’t be afraid, Mary”, the angel told her, “for you have found favor with God!…”

Have you ever been confused and disturbed? We can probably all say ‘yes’ at some time or another! 😊

Mary had an amazing encounter with one of the most powerful angels there are - Gabriel himself, which shows how important his message was. It sounded wonderful, and it was, but it confused and disturbed Mary, and yet she didn’t let that stop her from receiving it and fulfilling her destiny.

Sometimes we read how blessed and highly favoured we are in scripture but we feel confused when we don’t see how, a bit like Mary. We can become disturbed by the difficulties of our daily experience or the size of the task God has given us, and forget who we really are in God’s sight. 

We’re standing in a position of great privilege as a son or daughter of God, able to enter God’s presence any time of day or night, through the shed blood of Jesus. We have access to all of heaven’s resources but we have to do it by faith.

Gabriel told Mary that God was with her and because of that she conceived the inconceivable. God tells us the same thing in His word, that He is Immanuel - God with us as well, which means we too can give birth to what God promises us if we’ll do like Mary and agree with God and say “May everything you have said about me come true.”

So Lord, as we walk through another week with You, help us be willing to lay aside our confusion, or our fears and doubts that disturb us, and just believe and receive what You say about us. Help us receive Your great grace in our lives in whatever way we need it, to fulfil the plans You have for us too. In Jesus name. Amen.

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