Mary is young, engaged, and living a predictable life when an angel appears with an impossible announcement. She is to carry the Son of God. Her response is not “I’m ready” or “I have it all figured out.” She says, “May your word to me be fulfilled” (Luke 1:18, NIV).
Mary’s yes changes everything. But here’s what is often missed. Mary is not saying yes because of feeling qualified. Her yes is because she believes in God’s promise, even when she couldn’t see the full picture.
Believe: Vision Beyond Your Understanding
Mary believes in a vision she did not create and not fully comprehending. She thinks – a virgin birth. Birthing a son called the Son of the Most High? None of it made logical sense. Yet she commits to a path that requires radical faith.
How many times have you waited for complete clarity before stepping forward? You want the entire roadmap, every detail confirmed, all questions answered. The fact is that purpose rarely works that way. Sometimes you must believe in what God is birthing through you before you can see it clearly.
Become: Carrying What You Cannot Control
Mary didn’t just believe; she becomes willing to carry something far bigger than herself. For nine months, she carries promise, purpose, and divine assignment along with confusion, judgment, and uncertainty. She becomes someone capable of nurturing what God placed within her.
What is God asking you to carry into your next season? What are you being called to become that requires you to grow beyond your current capacity? The becoming happens in the carrying.
Belong: Finding Your People in the Process
Mary didn’t journey alone. She visits Elizabeth, someone who understands impossible pregnancies and divine assignments. Mary finds Joseph, who chooses to believe with her. She discovers that belonging isn’t about fitting into spaces that require you to shrink. It is about finding your people who will walk through the impossible with you.
Your Unprecedented Yes
This coming new year, consider what God is asking you to say yes to. Not because you’re ready. Not because it makes perfect sense. But because you believe, you’re willing to become, and you trust that the right people and resources will appear as you step forward.
Mary’s yes wasn’t comfortable. But it was faithful. And it changed the world.
What might your “yes” birth in the coming year?
Happy New Year!
