Let Him

The older I get, the more I realize how much I like control.

I like knowing the plan.
I like seeing the next step.
I like having answers before I commit.

I think most people do don’t they?

We tell ourselves that if we had more information, more clarity, or more certainty, then
we would trust God more fully.

Yet Scripture repeatedly tells a different story.

When God called Abraham, He showed him a destination but not the journey. When
God called Moses, He gave him a mission but not all the details. When God called the
disciples, He simply said, "Follow Me." The same is true with Mary.

Luke 1 is so familiar that we can miss how incredible it really was.

Mary was a young teenage girl living in a small, insignificant town. She was engaged to
Joseph and preparing for a normal life. Then suddenly Gabriel appeared.

Within moments, everything changed.

She learned she would conceive a child without ever knowing a man. She learned that
child would be the promised Messiah. She learned that God was doing something
unprecedented in human history.

What she did not receive was a complete explanation. Gabriel did not tell her about the
whispers she would endure. He did not tell her about the looks she would receive.

He did not tell her about the sleepless nights, the trip to Bethlehem, the flight into Egypt,
or the sword that would eventually pierce her heart as she watched her Son die on a
Roman cross.

Those details; they remained hidden.

Yet Mary surrendered anyway.

Her response is astonishing: "Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me
according to your word."

The word "servant" is the Greek word doulē (δούλη), meaning bondservant. Mary
willingly placed herself under God's authority.

The phrase "let it be" comes from the Greek word genoito (γένοιτο). It expresses willing
acceptance. Not reluctant compliance. Not forced submission. Joyful surrender.

In essence Mary was saying: "Lord, I do not understand everything, but I trust You."

That is faith. The kind that makes Jesus marvel. (LK 7:9)

Faith is not the absence of questions. Faith is trusting God when you do not possess all
the answers.

The truth is that many of us are willing to trust God as long as He follows our script. We
want Him to explain every chapter before we turn the page. But God often calls us to
trust Him one step at a time.

The same Jesus who was in Mary's womb is the same Jesus who rules today.

He is still sovereign.
He is still faithful.
He is still good.

And perhaps today He is asking you the same question He asked Mary:

Will you trust Me before you understand everything? Will you let Me be who I am? Will
you let Me be Lord?