Victory Life KY

Be It Unto Me II

Episode Summary

What Luke, and what the Holy Spirit wants all of us to understand is that what we know today as the Bible is 100% the complete, accurate word of the Almighty. It is absolutely God speaking to you today.

Episode Notes

• Luke 2:8-11,NKJV- Now there were in the same country shepherds living out in the fields, keeping watch over their flock by night.
• And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were greatly afraid.
• Then the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which will be to all people.
• For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

• I love Luke’s inspiring revelation God gave him about the birth of our King.

• And as Luke introduces his revelation, he makes this statement, “I’m writing this so that you may know beyond a shadow of a doubt the reliability of what you’ve been taught.”

• You can tell by the boldness of his introduction that he has a fixed confidence in his revelation of the accounts of Jesus.

• Here’s the thing, what Luke, what the Holy Spirit wants all of us to understand is that what we know today as the Bible is 100% the complete, accurate word of the Almighty. It is absolutely God speaking to you today.

• And as we make ourselves available to it, revelation from it transforms our thinking which transforms our lives. Its a spiritual reality sent to us directly from God.

• But our focus with this talk is Mary, what do ya say this Christmas we let Jesus’ mom inspire us to be a little bolder in our faith.

• In Luke 1 remember what Mary tells the angel Gabriel, “Be it unto me according to your word.”

• This Christmas, as we celebrate and honor our Savior and King, as we enjoy the gift of Salvation, my prayer this Christmas is that Mary’s faith inspires each of us to take a closer look at our own life of faith, and follow her lead, “be it unto to me”

• What everyone of us has to come to terms with is that as spiritual, as supernatural as Christ’s birth is, it still demands our participation.

• Like we said last week, Mary’s faith gives us a completely new perspective to giving our life to Jesus. Seriously, she’s having a conversation with one of God’s elect angles.

• Can you imagine what was going through Mary’s mind?

• All we have to do, like Mary is simply believe and participate. “Be it unto me according to your words.”

• And I realize that there will be times that our next step of faith my seem a little crazy, but just maybe, like Mary, God’s looking for a little crazy.

• Each of us has to come to the realization that this one simple truth is exactly how Jesus expects us to live these lives He came that we could have.

• Ok Lord, it seems a little crazy, but, be it unto me!!

• Think about what Jesus did for us, The King of all eternity exchanged His royalty for humanity. He willing stepped out eternity for the sole purpose of making a way for His creation to become eternity.

• Remember what Jesus told us in John 10, “I came that you may have and enjoy an abundant, excessive, extraordinary life.”

• So, if nothing is impossible for those who believe what God tells us, then why wouldn’t we follow Mary’s example? C’mon Lord, be it unto me according to your word.

• I left this thought with you last week from the apostle Paul, he told us to pursue a righteous life, a life of wonder, faith, and love. Take hold of eternal life, the one God called you to.

• What do ya say, we make this Christmas a turning point in our lives? Like Mary, right in the face of fear, uncertainty, ridicule, we embrace her faith attitude, according to your word Lord.

• Remember what Gabriel told her, rejoice, highly favored of the Lord, you are blessed among women.

• Well, guess what, now God’s word, just like He told Gabriel to tell Mary, today tells us in Galatians, we are the favored of the Lord, blessed according to the promise of Abraham.

• So, according to Jesus, if nothing is impossible for those of us who believe what God tells us, then why wouldn’t we follow Mary’s example? Be it unto me Lord!!

• Now a very important reality we might overlook is Mary’s humility, before she makes her bold faith statement she says this, “behold the maidservant of the Lord.”

• MSG, “Yes, I see it all now, I am the Lord’s maid, ready to serve.”
• Then she makes her faith declaration; “be it unto me according to your word.”

• Unfortunately there's a lot of Christians that won't even acknowledge they need help with their faith. I cannot over emphasize the significance of humility when it comes to a life of faith.

• Regardless of our success God has given us, like Abraham, in our hearts God always wants us living in a tent.

• Remember, God gives grace to the humble, He exalts the humble.
• I’ve heard people say, well I don’t have the faith you have. But truth is, every child of God has faith, sometimes its just undeveloped.

• Faith actually starts as a conviction in the human soul, established by the unveiling of the truth in God’s word, to the degree that you have this fixed expectation from what God has told you.

• I like to think of it as divinely inspired trust.

• 2 Corinthians 5:7,AMP- We walk by faith, not by sight, living our lives in a manner consistent with our CONFIDENT BELIEF IN GOD’S PROMISES.

• You see, living by faith, not senses, not emotions, not intelligence or experiences, will require divinely inspired trust.

• Living this way starts with our thinking. There’s no way our believing can be right until our thinking is right. Then James takes things a step further by driving the point home that our tongue is the rudder of our lives.
• RIGHT THINKING = RIGHT BELIEVING = RIGHT TALKING

• When Jesus told the disciples to have faith in God, He instructed them to speak faith to their situations, to their mountains.

• But he started the lesson with this statement, “If you’ll not doubt in your heart but believe what you say” In other words, we’ve got to line our words up with our faith.

• Jesus is very clear in the fact that speaking faith from our hearts, effects change in our world, from His.

• This is why, according to Jesus Himself, speaking divinely inspired words over our situation is exactly the kind of corresponding action James is talking about.

• Why do you think Jesus told us to put the Kingdom of God first? Because just like our natural lives here demand focus, intentionality, development, make no mistake, so does our new lives.

• Because God has designed us to live by faith, we’ve got to get to the place where we allow what He says to shape and strengthen what we actually believe. How we actually live.

• Mary’s act of faith was going to change everything about her life.

• The thing that repeatedly stands out is her humble, submissive, yet courageous heart of faith. “Behold, the maidservant of the Lord! Be it unto me according to your word.”

• Can we be real for a second, everyone of us operate within the boundaries of our current beliefs. And I’m convinced God saw something in Mary’s heart long before He sent Gabriel to her.

• And I’m just as convinced today that Jesus is looking for hearts of faith just like Mary’s.

• As a matter of fact, as we begin following Jesus; you know, Mary’s son, how many times did Jesus tell people, “according to you faith, let it be so?”

• I can’t help but wonder how many of us would be as bold as Mary?

• Think about it, how often have you found yourself, not intending to, but none the less, find yourself in unbelief concerning something Jesus says simply because it makes no sense.

• Heres the thing, don’t get tore up, Jesus faced the same unbelief with His disciples. Repeatedly He asked things like, "How is it that you have no faith?"

• At the end of the day, faith is simply a decision, not based on intelligence or emotion, but 100% on what God’s says.

• This is the point of Jesus’ mom’s statement, be it unto me. I can’t help but wonder if Jesus’ mom would talk to us like a mom today and tell us the same thing.

• This Christmas, as we celebrate and honor our Savior and King, as we enjoy the gift of Salvation, let Mary’s faith inspires each of us to take a closer look at our own life of faith, and follow her lead, “be it unto to me”