When Mary and Joseph were told that the miracle Son of God that she would conceive is “by the Holy Ghost ...and the power of the Highest;” How was she 'able' to embrace the Word of God, to the point of saying; “Be it unto me according to Thy Word?” Upbringing, lineage, history.
[Lk 1:35; Matt 1:20; Pastor]
Both Mary and Joseph were “branches” from the “root” of Abraham; so to speak, and partakers of the root and fatness of Abraham's “faith” ...”of the house of David;” offspring of the “seed” of Abraham. [Rom 11:16; 4:16; Gal 3:7; Lk 2:4; Pastor]
All things start and finish with God ...So, when God told Abraham, “In thee (that is, the “faith” that is in you)(by Me) shall all the (families) nations of the earth be blessed (empowered,enabled, by words; to be, become);” God was establishing the template (or pattern) for the transmission of “faith.” [Gen 18:18; Rom 10:17; Pastor]
Hence, when the angel of the Lord's answer to Mary's question (“How shall This be …?”) was, “The Holy Ghost ;” Mary's response (or Amen of “faith”) was, “Be it unto me according to Thy Word.” Therefore blessed (empowered, enabled, by the Word; to be, become) is she that believed.
[Lk 1:34, 35, 38, 45]
ThenSingsMySoul:
WHAT IS THIS/THAT I FEEL DEEP DOWN INSIDE?
WHAT IS THIS/THAT KEEPS SETTING MY SOUL O FIRE?
WHATEVER THIS IS, IT WON'T LET ME HOLD MY PEACE!
Walter Hawkins
