Mary: Trusting God When It Makes No Sense

Trusting God when it Makes no sense

Big Idea:

When God’s will becomes clear, His grace gives us the courage to obey and He makes it Happen!

1. God’s grace finds us in unlikely places.

“In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth… to a virgin… whose name was Mary” (Luke 1:26–27).

Being overlooked by doesn’t mean you’re overlooked by

God has always done this—He found Gideon hiding in a winepress and David watching sheep.

2. God’s work doesn’t fit into our plans… We plan for normal—God plans for eternal.

“You will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus… and he will reign… and of his kingdom there will be no end” (Luke 1:31–33).

God can work with your ; He won’t work with your

“Mary asks, ‘How will this be, since I am a virgin?’ (Luke 1:34).”

3. What God  from you, His Spirit  in you.

“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you… For nothing will be impossible with God” (Luke 1:35, 37).

What God requires from you, His Spirit produces in you.—The question is never, ‘Am I able?’ The question is, ‘Is God with me?’

“This is the same God who ‘calls into existence the things that do not exist’ (Romans 4:17)”

4. Simple  is how we join God’s “impossible” work.

“And Mary said, ‘Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word’” (Luke 1:38).

Mary didn’t know how it would all work out—she just knew Who she belonged to.

Faith is not having all the ; faith is belonging to the One who and saying ‘yes’ when He calls.