Mary, Jesus’s mother, manifested our Master! May is the month to celebrate mothers and what better way to pay tribute to all of the mothers than to look at the life of Mary, the Messiah’s mother, and encourage mothers with the fact that when you are open, obedient and about your Father’s business, miracles, signs, and wonders will follow. Can you imagine Mary’s mindset when the angel, Gabriel, told her that she was going to give birth to the Savior of the world? Imagine all of the thoughts that were going through her head. She probably was like, “Me, the Messiah’s mother?” Even with what most likely seemed like a mound of emotions in Mary’s head, her love for God made her answer be, “May everything you say about me come true.” (Luke 1:38 TLB) Mary immediately made up her mind that she would be available for God to use to birth the Messiah, she was open to receive the anointing to do so, and she was confident that she was able to achieve this great feat if God said it to be so.
Mary believed Gabriel when he told her, “With God nothing is impossible,” (Luke 1:37) and made herself available to be used by God. God had a plan for Mary and she was willing to play a part in the plot to conceive and give birth to Jesus, your Master, Messiah, and the Mighty One. She agreed to God’s will and was available to fulfill the prophecies of the coming Savior. She had faith in the Father so much that she trusted Him with her life. Mary knew the potential consequences of Joseph finding out that she would have a baby that wasn’t his. She knew only God could work a situation out that was worthy of withdrawal from the wedding of her dreams and the possible doom and death she would experience under normal circumstances. Mary had a mind over matter attitude and stuck to her stance to stand on God’s word and believed and stood on her statement, “May everything you say about me come true.” (Luke 1:38 TLB)
Mary trusted God’s word and His plan for her life. She used her faith instead of her fear and was determined to be Mary, the Master’s mother. Many didn’t have Mary’s faith in God. There are examples in the scripture where unbelief was displayed instead of believing God’s messages of the miracle of motherhood. Some people didn’t believe God’s messengers like Mary did. Sarah laughed when she heard that she would have a baby (Genesis 18:9-15). Zechariah doubted this deed could be done (Luke 1:18). Sarah and Zechariah’s reactions didn’t match Mary’s mantra, “May everything you say about me come true.” (Luke 1:38 TLB)
Imagine Mary’s mindset when she had to birth her baby in a barn and years later witness and watch Him be beat and then bleeding hanging on a cross to die for the sins of the world. Imagine the strength it took for Mary to refrain from coming to her son’s rescue. Mary’s mindset and only consolation in this situation was that He had to go through this suffering in order to save the world from sin. The love of a mother made Mary stay and witness Him suffer when most abandoned Him during His time of anguish. She knew His suffering would be the world’s salvation.
You can use Mary as a mentor in believing that God can do miracles, signs, and wonders in your life when you obey His word. Mary was able to witness Jesus’s first miracle when He turned water into wine at a wedding when the wine ran out (John 2:1-11). She told the servants to, “Do whatever He tells you to do.” (John 2:5) She knew for a fact that He was capable to perform a miracle if they did what He told them to do. What is God telling you to do? Like Mary found favor with God (Luke 1:30), His favor is on you too. God is speaking to you and letting you know that He has a plan for your life (Jeremiah 29:11). Like Mary, be open, obedient, and available for God to use. Let your response to His call on your life be, “May everything you say about me come true.” (Luke 1:38 TLB) Your end result will be, “Blessed is she that believed for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.” (Luke 1:45) Match Mary’s mindset and give God a praise in advance for your performance as a result of His power!
