NATIVITY By Mike Herron

“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her. (NIV) Mary, who had not sought for a sign, was given one as the angel spoke of her cousin Elizabeth’s pregnancy. It appears to be a suggestion by the angel that Mary should visit her cousin. This would strengthen her faith for the coming months of her own pregnancy and perhaps ridicule by relatives and friends. She is then assured that no word (rhema) that comes from God shall be impossible for Him to accomplish. Mary responds with the grace that she was described as having possessed; May your word to me be fulfilled. She is not merely complacent, she humbly desires this to happen and joyfully embracing God’s plan, becomes the greatest of all women who have ever lived.