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Officer SOE/LoE/Where's "here"?
Luke 1:30-38
New King James Version (NKJV)
30 Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. 33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.”
34 Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?”
35 And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. 36 Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. 37 For with God nothing will be impossible.”
38 Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
Yes not a verse, but a story. One that we need to meditate on. It has always been very interesting to me, this young girl, maybe 13-16, gets whammed by an angel with the news that she is the one chosen to bear the Messiah, have her world turned upside down and what is her response? Read verse 38 carefully and prayerfully. Can we truly humble ourselves that much before God?