The HOLY SPIRIT will overshadow you
Luke 1:26-38
The angel of the Lord went to Mary with a profound greeting, “Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women (Luke 1:28).” Mary was curious and inquired of the angel, the meaning of the greeting. The angel’s response was very common, “Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favor with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name Jesus…”
Mary wants to know how could this be possible, being a virgin. The angel of the Lord answered, “THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL COME UPON YOU, AND THE POWER OF THE MOST HIGH WILL OVERSHADOW YOU. SO THE HOLY ONE WILL BE BORN AND HE WILL BE CALLED THE SON OF GOD (Luke 1:30-31).”
God gave Mary an assignment that was way beyond her human capacity. She was unable to give birth to God’s divine plan through human invention. Even if she had the help of Joseph, it would still be totally impossible to birth this God life. There was no way Mary could pull this off without the overshadowing of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit had to plant the incorruptible seed into Mary’s womb, but it was her job to nurture and give birth to him. As a result Jesus was born being fully God and fully man.
Countless times the Lord has impressed visions upon us, but we push it off, take it lightly, or we worry about how in the world are we going to accomplish the assignment or dream God shows us. What we need, just like Mary is the Holy Spirit’s empowerment. God will never give us an assignment that he has not committed himself to bring to completion in our lives. Mary didn’t have to worry how this God child would be conceived, it was done by the Holy Spirit.
Mary ask questions yet she did not question God’s ability neither did she ask questions in disbelief. She did not allow doubt and unbelief to fill her mind. She might have wondered why me, yet she did not allow it to hinder the work of God in her life. We question with our human intellect how can I even start much less see the fulfillment of this dream. Our job is not to question God in disbelief, but approach him in faith and absolute trust that He has a great plan working to get us from point A to point B.
Will you let the Holy Spirit take his rightful place in your life, working his will and good pleasure through you? God knows where you are going and how you’ll get there. Trust the empowerment of the Holy Spirit and do not be frightened by the greatness of the assignment or the fact that you have no idea how to move forward with it. The Holy Spirit empowers believers. God will not leave you clueless, that’s why he sent his Holy Spirit to guide us into all truth, so yield to the Holy Spirit and allow him to overshadow you with supernatural power to accomplish your God given assignment.
Be blessed.
Advancing the Kingdom of God in the earth!