A YES will do

Mary meets an angel who says the Holy Spirit will come upon her and she will give birth and she scatters, running to her cousin Elizabeth's.

She says to the Angel, in Luke's Gospel, "Yes, I see it all now. I'm the Lord's maid, ready to serve. let it be with me as you say."

She said YES.

Of all the more amazing things in scripture, I find this most amazing. Mary is told she will be pregnant, though not married. A teenager with few options, perhaps a soon-to-be victim of stoning because of her indiscretion, yet she said YES.

In my coming book (February, CrossBooks Publishing) God's Calling, I elaborate on what God's calling is for all of us. But without question the persons who understand God's calling the most are the ones who despite what it might mean to answer the call say YES.

When her cousin feels her own baby leap in her womb upon seeing Mary, Elizabeth said, "You're so blessed among women; and the blame in your womb also blessed;"

Blessed? Shunned. Perhaps killed. Maybe forcing fiance Joseph to leave her. Blessed?

Friends. There might be something that God has been calling you to do, someone God has been calling you to talk to, someone God wants you to help. You might feel you don't have the words, don't have the time, don't have the talent. God knows you. God knows what you can accomplish.

He's waiting for one thing to empower you.

A YES.

It's among the most powerful tools he has.