Luke 1:34 “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
I’ve been talking with my pastor this week about all my questions about this passage. He had some interesting questions of his own: “Maybe [the choice of Elizabeth or Mary] is supposed to lead us to reflect on why we might think someone else would be a better choice or not? What is the “right” or “best” choice? Who are the “usual suspects” when picking royalty? Does God choose the same or different kind of people, and what does that say about God?”
Luke 1:35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.
God is definitely up to something, and it is something different, something outside the norm. He is shaking up expectations and assumptions. He is not choosing the “usual suspects” and there is a reason. And I truly believe he wants us to ask questions, that asking questions, pondering, will lead us closer to Him.
Luke 1:36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month.
Precious Savior, Thank You for not leaving us in the status quo, for shaking up the normal order of things. Thank You for questions and suppositions and conversations with other curious minds. Draw me closer to You through it all. Help me to shine Your light. Amen.
Luke 1:37 For no word from God will ever fail.”
Have a blessed day.