I seriously doubt Mary and Joseph had a prayer meeting and asked God if Mary could become pregnant before they were married! It's also not likely Mary prayed to conceive the baby in the power of the Holy Spirit and for it to be a virgin birth. On top of all this I really can't see Mary praying and asking God if she can give birth to His Son!
If you really think about it giving birth to Jesus wasn't something God was doing for Mary and Joseph but it was something they were doing for God. They surrendered their lives to the plan of God instead of God fulfilling what they probably desired for a happy marriage and family.
In other words, God messed up their plans! But when God messes up your plans it's because He's got a better plan! We just have to be willing to say as Mary did, "I am your servant, may it be to me as you have said."
This has really been a paradigm shift for me during this season of Advent. My journal is full of prayer request, full of my plans I've been praying and asking God to fulfill in 2014. Things I've been asking God to do for me.
But here's the shift. In 2015 instead of asking God for things He can do for me, why not ask God what I can do for Him! Did you catch that? As I looked back and evaluated 2014 I realized how consumed I was with asking God for things He can do for me. Now that's not necessarily a bad thing. After all I really believe God is concerned about every detail of our lives and the Bible is clear that we need to ask, seek, knock and our Heavenly Father loves to give good gifts to His children.
But what's my motivation? What can God do for me or what can I do for God on this earth? Is my attitude the same as Mary's? Am I willing to say, "I am your servant, may it be to me as you have said?"
It's time to Dream.......Again! But may those dreams be dreams that are birthed by the power of the Holy Spirit as I surrender my plans, my goals, my desires to the plans, goals and desires of God.
Heavenly Father what can I do for You today and in 2015!
Merry Christmas,
Ken Woolf
If you really think about it giving birth to Jesus wasn't something God was doing for Mary and Joseph but it was something they were doing for God. They surrendered their lives to the plan of God instead of God fulfilling what they probably desired for a happy marriage and family.
In other words, God messed up their plans! But when God messes up your plans it's because He's got a better plan! We just have to be willing to say as Mary did, "I am your servant, may it be to me as you have said."
This has really been a paradigm shift for me during this season of Advent. My journal is full of prayer request, full of my plans I've been praying and asking God to fulfill in 2014. Things I've been asking God to do for me.
But here's the shift. In 2015 instead of asking God for things He can do for me, why not ask God what I can do for Him! Did you catch that? As I looked back and evaluated 2014 I realized how consumed I was with asking God for things He can do for me. Now that's not necessarily a bad thing. After all I really believe God is concerned about every detail of our lives and the Bible is clear that we need to ask, seek, knock and our Heavenly Father loves to give good gifts to His children.
But what's my motivation? What can God do for me or what can I do for God on this earth? Is my attitude the same as Mary's? Am I willing to say, "I am your servant, may it be to me as you have said?"
It's time to Dream.......Again! But may those dreams be dreams that are birthed by the power of the Holy Spirit as I surrender my plans, my goals, my desires to the plans, goals and desires of God.
Heavenly Father what can I do for You today and in 2015!
Merry Christmas,
Ken Woolf
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