"Don't Hesitate"

"Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel." Isaiah 7:14

Our Sunday school lesson yesterday was on the virgin birth. I know we have all heard the story numerous times. But as we looked at it again, there were some things that we can glean from it on a personal level. One thing being the fact that when the angel told Mary that she was chosen to carry and give birth to the Messiah, she did not hesitate at all to obey. "And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her." (Luke 1:38)

Mary didn't go put out a "fleece" before the Lord. She didn't go fast and pray about it. She didn't go get council from a friend, family or her pastor. She didn't ask the angel to give her time to decide and come back later. She said, yes, without hesitation. 

There are times when we are to try the spirits to make sure that it is God, but there are times when we already know that it is God Who has spoken to us and in those times, we need to be like Mary and say, yes, without hesitation. 

What has the Lord spoken to you about, but you are still hesitating to do what He has told you? You have no doubt that it is Him, but you keep putting it off. You keep making excuses after excuses. It's time for the excuses to stop. It's time for you to give into His will. It's time you do what Mary did and humble yourself before the Lord and obey what He is telling you. 

Have a great day. Stop hesitating to do what God has told you to do. Trust and obey Him.