W – Word

O – Observation

R – Revelation

D – Devotion

 

W – Luke 1:26-38 "And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name [was] Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, [thou that art] highly favoured, the Lord [is] with thee: blessed [art] thou among women. And when she saw [him], she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. For with God nothing shall be impossible. And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her."

 

O – This is the amazing word that Gabriel brought to Mary concerning her miraculous pregnancy, and her response of faith. What a tremendous response!  She did not say, "You a crazy angel!!!" or even, "I believe what you said is true." She said, "be it unto me according to thy word." She put action into the word (rhema) that was spoken because she responded in faith. Faith is a noun, and believe is a verb, so when you put action into the noun faith you get faithing. Faith is “the substance of things hoped for, and the evidence of things not seen.” She was in the substance of that word. Do you think Mary hoped for a child? I’m sure she did, but without a husband? Come on! What’s a good Jewish girl to do? She knew the voice of the Lord, and that God is good. He does not make mistakes.   So in essence what she said was, “I receive the evidence of the action of what You have spoken.” Having faith in what the voice of the Lord said produced life in her. That’s a good rule we can follow: What the Lord speaks always produces life if received in faith. 

 

Think about Mary receiving the Word of life (1 John 1:1), and then carrying that Life for nine months or so. The spoken word (rhema) became the living, eternal Word (logos) according to the faith that Mary had because she was highly favored and blessed. In other words she abounded in God’s grace to walk in her destiny, and her destiny was to birth the living Word of God. What an honor!

 

R – Here is the really cool thing about this for us: we can carry God’s word in our hearts today and birth it in His time. Has God spoken to you concerning something in your life? Are you listening, or have you asked? God will speak, but we must be yielded vessels to birth by his grace what He says. Have we yielded to Him, “Be it unto me according to thy word”? God is waiting for those who will have faith and trust him at His word like Mary. He wants to birth His word in the earth again today through us. Let’s let God deposit the seed of His word in our heart today and His life-giving fruit will be produced in us by faith. 

 

D – My prayer today is, “Be it unto me according to thy word.” Let us hear what You are saying and be instant in obedience so that our faith would be living and not dead in Jesus name; Amen, Amen.