Sign or Surrender

“And Zacharius said to the angel,”How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years.” (LUke 1:18)

“Then mary said, ‘Behold, the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word'” And the angel departed from her.” (Luke 1:38)

Zacharius asked for a sign and was mute until the promised child was named. Mary questioned how it was possible (sought understanding) but responded with surrender.  

A Sign or a Surrender.  What message is God giving to you today?  What kind of faith will you respond with?  Will you ask God for a sign?  or will you (despite not knowing or understanding “how it will happen”) lift up your voice and say like Mary “Behold, the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to Your word.” Or will you, like Zacharius, ask for a sign which the Lord will graciously give you but will leave you mute for the duration of the promise coming to fulfillment?

When Mary surrenders, God gives her the sign she hasn’t asked for (Elizabeth who was barren is with child) and the reassurance she will need “with God nothing is impossible”.  

Advent is not only a season of faith but one of surrender.  Will you surrender in faith today to what God has for you in the Advent season of 2020?  There is one month left in this year.  Let’s lean in, commit to the shift and finish strong