Verse 38
‘And Mary said, “Behold, the maidservant of the Lord. Be it to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.’
Mary’s response revealed why God had chosen her. He had shown her favour, she would be His maidservant (there were probably few, if any, slaves in Nazareth). She submitted herself to God’s will, and with no histrionics asked that it happen according to His powerful word through Gabriel. She was at this stage the perfect example of obedience, in line with many a godly woman before her. The way, however, would not be easy. She was being asked to do the impossible. She would be attempting to do what no other woman had ever done. It is therefore not surprising that she should struggle with coping with it and sometimes go wrong, and even feel moved to interfere in what she could not understand. She was but a weak mortal like we are.
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