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Courageously answer the call

 Don't you love it when a scripture that you've read thousands of times actually speaks to you in a whole new way?!  Oh it's my favorite!  It makes scripture study so exciting because I never know when it's going to happen.  I love mysteries, and the scriptures are the greatest mystery that we've been given.  The mystery unfolds at different times in our lives and when we need it the most.

Today I read the story of Jesus' birth again.  That is the most read part of the scriptures for me.  I'm very familiar with it, and yet today, I saw new meaning.  I saw and heard what I needed to hear the most at this moment in my life.

  • Today I saw I courageous woman who chose to do what the Lord asked of her even though it wasn't the conventional thing.  
  • Today I saw Mary shine her light to the world because she didn't let fear get in the way of what the Lord asked of her.  

Can you imagine the weight of what she was asked to do?  And I'm not even saying the weight of bringing Christ into the world.  I'm talking about the weight of knowing she would become pregnant when she wasn't married.  She lived in a time you would be killed for that!  Families would disown and she would have been casted out of the community.  

And yet she responded to God, "Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word." Luke 1:38

WOW!  

I sit in awe of this amazing woman!  It couldn't have been easy.  She had to let go of what other people thought of her and saw in her and trust 100% in God.

I have been called by God to share his word.  

I am scared!  I'm scared of being judged, I'm scared of not being good enough, I'm scared of being mocked.  We live in such a harsh and critical world. It's so much easier to sit back quietly and not say anything.  

And yet today I was reminded that as we courageously answer the call we can shine our light for thousands to see.  We have been taught in Matt 5:14-16 that we are the light of the world.  We've been asked to put our light on a candlestick for all the world to see!  Mary, the mother of Christ, is an example to so many people today.  Many look to her call for inspiration and guidance.  She wasn't just a light in her time, she is a light for all generations of time.

And yet what would have happened had she not of answered the call?  She wouldn't have been able to become the woman God knew she could be.  She would have been putting the bushel over the candle!

If I choose not to answer the call, by taking the easy route I would be denying what God has asked me to do.

Let us be courageous!  Let us answer the call, whatever it is and however scary it may be!  

He is calling us - WHAT WILL WE DO?


Shine forth and be the light to the world!


Comments

April said…
I love this challenge! Thank you! Made me think of 3 Nephi 18:24 24 Therefore, hold up your light that it may shine unto the world. Behold I am the light which ye shall hold up—that which ye have seen me do.
October 12, 2020 at 6:03 AM
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