Mary Visits Elizabeth
39 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, 40 where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 42 In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! 43 But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. 45 Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!”
Elizabeth said to Mary: “And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord.” (Luke 1:45) The reference is that Mary was able to believe that she was indeed going to give birth to a child who was the Son of God. Clearly, this was quite unbelievable news, and yet Mary did in fact trust God’s Word. On a scale of one to ten (with ten being the highest), how trusting of God’s promises are you? How do you think you might learn to increase your “trust quotient”?
Thank you to Pastor Jim Kroninger of Our Savior Lutheran Church for providing the content for the devotions.
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