For nothing will be impossible with God.” And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
The angel had just told Mary she was to have a baby and nothing was impossible with God and Mary's humble response was that she was a servant, let it be.
The verse that stood out to me was, "nothing will be impossible with God." God opened my eyes a bit to help me understand this a bit more in my life. There are many things I try to get done and I often have a list of things, then I get burdened by the list and there is no joy and I get upset that others aren't helping me with my list of things or are getting in the way. Frustration builds or I just wonder why I try to do it all. It can be from having a clean home, cooking good nutritious meals for my family, bringing my girls up in the Lord, serving others, working out to take care of my body, budgeting well, and fill in the blank with what you are trying to do. And we say, with God, this won't be impossible! Yet, we're exhausted. But I think we cling wrongly to that promise because we need to step back and ask, is this call to do these things from God? If they are from God, I do think they will be possible and if they are from us, there's going to be some friction.
I will cling to the promise that nothing is impossible with God, when he's ordained it. Yes, raising my kids in the Lord is from God, a biblical call on my life, it will be tough, but not impossible.
My response, like Mary, is to humble myself, remember I am a servant of the great high King and the things he calls into being in my life won't be impossible as I walk with him.
