Just a Person

The angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among
women!” But when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and considered what manner
of greeting this was. Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found
favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call
His name JESUS. 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. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever,
and of His kingdom there will be no end.” (Luke 1:28-33)

What a great passage! The announcement of the birth of The Savior! The verses above were
the part of a very good message I heard the other day. You know, it is very easy for us to look
at Mary and be amazed (and maybe jealous) that she was chosen to do such a great work for
God. She must of been a super-woman, right? She was a person chosen to fulfill God’s will!
How about Moses? He led the Israelites (God chosen people) out of bondage. He was just a
person chosen to fulfill God’s will. How about the Apostle Paul? The man responsible for most
of the writing of the New Testament and leading more people than we will ever know to Christ.
He was just a person chosen to fulill God’s will. So how about me, or you? "...He chose us (you
and me) in Him before the foundations of the world, that we should be holy and without blame
before Him in love." (Ephesians 1:4) You and me are people chosen to fulfill God will. We are
just as much in God’s plan as all the Patriarchs of old. So what am I doing (today) to fulfill and
seek out that will?

“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of
evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11