"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" (Luke 1:31-33).
Gabriel revealed in two sentences the plan God had set into motion before he laid the foundations of the earth (Ephesians 1:4-5; Hebrews 4:3; 1 Peter 1:20-21).
Scripture teaches us that God has laid out a plan for our lives also (Psalm 139:16). We are instructed to remember this. Whenever we plan we are to plan with the caveat "If the Lord wills".
Imagine what God saying, "And (fill in your name) will live in (fill in your city) and will work at (fill in your company) for X number of years. Then I will move him/her to the city of ________ and she/he will be my servant there.
That is what God has said about each of us. We can be at peace. We do not need to strain and worry. God has already given us wisdom through our reasoning, his word and circumstances. He is perfectly able to change our direction in a matter of seconds if he has other plans for us.
We can respond like Mary, "Behold the servant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word" (Luke 1:38).
