Mary Did You Know?: Part 2 || Day 3

Luke‬ 1‬:26‬-41‬ NKJV‬‬‬‬‬‬

Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!” But when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and considered what manner of greeting this was. Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.” Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?” And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. For with God nothing will be impossible.” Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her. Now Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah, and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. And it happened, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

Mary was someone favored in the eyes of God.

Luke 1:28 says, “And having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women!””

Whether you know it or not there’s a favor on you and your house right now. You could be anywhere else, but you and your family are in the House of God. You are here hearing the word of the Lord. You are in His presence and under His anointing. You are found in His house worshiping Him on the first day of the week in the first hours of the day.

You are not in jail, nor in the hospital, nor in the streets on a Sunday morning. You are not waking up wondering where you are and how you got there. No, you are in the house of God and that alone let’s know that you are highly favored by God.

Secondly, God could have chosen you to live at any time in history. However, He chose you and your family to live in one of the most important times in history. The generation that will see the rapture of the church. The generation that will gather in the end-time harvest. And with that end-time harvest there is an end-time power and end-time anointing. Mary, did you know that you are highly favored by the Lord?