Saturday 21 November 2015

Daily Bible Reading with DragoNate #62

Courage

Luke 1

I pray blessings on you as you read.

(v. 30-35) "But the angel said to her, 'Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.' 'How will this be,' Mary asked the angel, 'since I am a virgin?' The angel answered, 'The Holy Spirit will come upon you and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God." (v. 38) " 'I am the Lord's servant,' Mary answered. 'May it be to me as you have said.' Then the angel left her.

My Thoughts

There have been many great heroes throughout history and many people recognized and remembered for a wide range of things. You hear about the courage of different people. If anyone had courage, it was Mary. Mary had great courage to say that she was willing to bear God's Son, considering she was a virgin who wasn't even married yet, but only engaged. Can you imagine what her fiancé, Joseph, would be thinking? Not to mention her friends, family, and Joseph's family?

Not only did Mary have great courage to do this, but Joseph did too. He was her fiancé, he was going to have a hard time with people's reactions as well because it wasn't going to be his child. He had a lot of courage to stick by Mary and faith to trust in God. That's another thing, Mary had faith too. This wasn't going to be an easy thing for either of them, but they trusted and relied on God through it all.

The courage that these two had persisted, not worrying or even caring about what others said or did or thought. That is how we should be. We should have such great courage to do God's will, to follow Him, that no one'swords, thoughts or actions could deter us from doing so. God could accomplish so much in and through us! That is how I want to be.

I think often of what other people think, though I have started to think about that less and less. It is hard for me. I don't necessarily worry about it, just think about it. I want to get away from even that and only think about what God thinks and how He feels about what it is I do. That takes courage.

Have courage, friends. Whatever you do, have courage to do it. Courage will help you to persist when things seem bleak, tough, impossible, or when you are facing opposition. Link, from Legend of Zelda, has the Triforce of Courage. He goes on his adventures and prevails because of that courage. He doesn't need the power, that Ganon has because his courage overcomes Ganon's abuse of power.

Be courageous to do the things that seem impossible. Faith and courage from God will help you to persevere and prevail.


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