“BE IT UNTO ME ACCORDING
TO THY WORD”
In the story of Christmas,
the angel Gabriel came to Mary and told her she would be having a child by a
miracle of the Holy Spirit and this child would be Jesus, the son of God. Mary
believed that if people would just stick with what God told them, His Word was
always going to come to pass. “For with God nothing shall be impossible” (Luke
1:37). She had heard of the miraculous
things God did and totally believed that God’s Word was true. She believed that
the Red Sea really did open up miraculously to let the Israelites cross over on
dry land. She believed the story about the ax head that was lost, but then
floated up out of the water, defying the natural laws of gravity (2 Kings
6:5-6). She believed what she heard about the Hebrews just looking at the brass
serpent in the wilderness and getting healed of their snake bites (Num.
21:8-9).
So when the angel Gabriel
told her that she was the one who would miraculously birth the Messiah, the son
of God, the promised seed from the Bible, she believed it: “And Mary said,
Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word” (Luke
1:38).
Peter also was taught to
believe the records of the many miracles God did. And he, like Mary, believed
beyond what looked impossible by natural laws. Peter literally stepped out of
the boat, after hearing and believing just one word from Jesus: “Come” (Matt.
14: 29). Peter saw that Jesus was walking on top of the water, even as the ship
was being tossed around by the waves. When Jesus said, “Come,” Peter figured
Jesus meant it, so he dared to do it.
We all have verses that
mean a lot to our heart. We can probably name a few right now. Those are the
very ones the Lord has been trying to speak to us personally all along. If
you’ve not done this before, you can take a slightly new approach to those
favorite verses. Focus on the verse then be like Mary: Believe the miraculous
and say, “Be it unto me according to thy Word.” And let’s be like Peter, walk
out and expect it to work.
Love, Carolyn
(painting by Henry Ossawa
Tanner 1898)
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