Great Blessings Are Yours Because You Believed What The Lord Said To You! You Believed This Would Happen.

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“Great Blessings Are Yours
Because You Believed
What The Lord Said To You! You Believed This Would Happen.”

And because Mary believed she was blessed. But you and I are tempted everyday to believe this lie from Satan. Here is the lie that he whispers into our hearts about the character of God, he whispers, “God is trying to withhold something good from you that is why God says not to commit adultery or sexual immorality, not to lie, not to steal, not to covet, not to drink, not to do drugs, not to look at pornography, not to party; go ahead and do it the Devil whispers, you deserve it.

Scripture

Luke 1

⁴⁴ When I heard your voice, the baby inside me jumped with joy. ⁴⁵ Great blessings are yours because you believed what the Lord said to you! You believed this would happen.”
Mary Praises God

⁴⁶ Then Mary said,
“I praise the Lord with all my heart. ERV

Observation

The Angel Gabriel told Mary that she would give birth to the Son of God. This would happen even though she had never slept with any man. And she believed it would happen! And because she believed she was blessed.

You and I are tempted everyday to believe this lie from Satan. Here is the lie that he whispers into our hearts about the character of God, he whispers, “God is trying to withhold something good from you that is why God says not to commit adultery or sexual immorality, not to lie, not to steal, not to covet, not to drink, not to do drugs, not to look at pornography, not to party; go ahead and do it the Devil whispers, you deserve it.

You and I are made in the image of God. You and I know that when we do the things that are mentioned above we know that they are wrong. But the Devil challenges what we instinctively know is wrong with a lie and the lie is that God is really mean and wants to withhold good things from us.

Adam and Eve believed Satan’s lie in the Garden and people have been deceived by his lies ever since!

Here is the Truth! God is for us. He is not against us. He only wants what is good for us. He has given us His commands for our good and not for our harm. He wants to protect us. He does not want to hurt us or deprive us of any good thing.

We are blessed when we say “Yes” to God and “No” to Satan’s lies.

Mary believed and because she believed she was blessed!

Application

I believe. And I will ask the Lord to help my unbelief! How about you?

Prayer

Heavenly Father, I want to have the faith that Mary exhibited when she was told that she would have the Christ Child even though she had never had sex with a man. Give me that kind of faith. I know that without faith it is impossible to please You. Help me not to believe Satan’s lies when he attacks Your character and tries to make me think that You would withhold something good from me. You are on my side. You delight in me. I am the apple of Your eye. Thank You for loving me. Thank You for forgiving me when I sin. Help me to remember “Nothing is too hard for You!”

Daily Bible Reading:  Ezekiel 45,46; Luke 1

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