| Luke 1: 39-45 |
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Mary Visits Elizabeth
39 In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah, 40 and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. 41 And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit, 42 and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! 43 And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. 45 And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.” |
Will you believe
Mary, on hearing that her relative Elizabeth, who was old and barren, was with child ‘arose and went with haste’ to greet her. Mary knew that she had to go to be with Elizabeth. Perhaps it was it to celebrate with her and share in her joy or maybe she went to see for herself if what she had been told was actually true.
There are times when we hear some news, news that is almost unbelievable, that can only have happened because God ordained it. But we can struggle to believe it is really true and we doubt.
We live in a world which tells us that God is irrelevant in this day and age. That if we want something then we must do it ourselves; we are self-sufficient. To rely on God can be seen as a weakness.
But we know that God is real and that he is alive. The Holy Spirit helps us to see His glory today. That the joy of the Lord is our strength even through the most difficult of times. As Elizabeth proclaims ‘And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfilment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.’
Is there something in your life that God has promised, but it is yet to come to pass? Are you now doubting His promise? Will you believe as Mary did?
Ainslie and Jennie