Imagine being greeted by a stranger with the words: “Hello, favourite one! The Lord is with you!” Would you perhaps feel confused or even disturbed, knowing your shortcomings, as to what this could mean?
This was exactly how Mary felt when she was greeted with these words by a messenger from God. Instead of bad news, good news followed: She would be the virgin-mother of the Saviour of the world.
With these words, God set into motion a promise that He made through the prophet Isaiah in Isa 7:14 (NLT) ”The Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’).
God fulfilled this promise many, many, years later when Jesus was born to Mary. "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born will be holy.” Luk 1:35 (NLT)
God is the same - yesterday, today and tomorrow.
Today, God’s promises still stands! Even his promises to you. He wants you to know that you are His favourite one and that He is with you!
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