34 “How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
35 The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most Highwill overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called[a] the Son of God. 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. 37 For no word from God will ever fail.”
38 “I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May your word to me be fulfilled.” Then the angel left her.
Mary has heard what the angel said to her – now she asks an important question. How? How will this happen? It seemed impossible that she could have a baby.
The angel says, “God will make it happen. He has given a baby to your cousin, who couldn’t have a baby for years. Nothing is impossible with God.”
How does the angel answer Mary’s question? What does the angel call the baby Mary is going to have?
Do you think Mary understood what the angel was saying? How does Mary respond to his answer?
What have you been asked to do recently – by your parents, a boss, a teacher, or even Jesus – that you didn’t understand? What was your response? How do you wish you had responded? Ask Jesus to help you be willing to obey.
