Have you ever done a survey of all of God’s promises in the Bible? Have you ever made a list of everything God has promised to do for you, if you would believe Him? Or Obey Him? Or love Him? God offers many promises that aren’t even contingent on us doing anything! It is amazing enough that the Creator even knows us individually. What is incomprehensible is that He actually has plans for us in which He intends to use our lives for His divine purposes.
Too many of God’s people live their lives as if they must do the best they can for God. They try to be moral. They try to be faithful spouses and kindhearted parents and hardworking employees. But it never crosses their minds that almighty God has infinitely more He intends to do through them. We are content to offer up our ordinary, mediocre lives as an offering to infinite God.
The teenaged Mary could have dreamed all of her life and never imagined all that God intended to accomplish through her ordinary life. Developing her own plans would have been a colossal waste of time. Instead, Mary was an “early adopter!” That is, as soon as God revealed His plans for her, she was quick to embrace them, regardless of how frightening or immense they appeared to be. Oh that we had the simple, obedient faith of Mary! Could we not also pray, “Behold the servant of the Lord! Be it done to me according to your word!”