Take This Adventure!
And having come in, the angel Gabriel said to Mary,
“Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you;
blessed are you among women!”
Luke 1: 28
Life in some families is a continual adventure. On the way to
school on a normal morning, Mom may turn at the last minute
and head for a local farm and petting zoo for a one-day field trip.
Or Dad comes home from work on a Friday and piles
everyone into the car and heads for athe weekend in a
mountain cabin. Adventures are all the more exciting
when they are completely unexpected.
God is a God of adventure also. A lowly farmer named
Gideon was thrust into the role of military commander
(Judges 6–7).
Saul of Tarsus was called by Jesus to become
the apostle to the Gentiles (Acts 9:1-19).
And there was a young teenager named Mary whose life
was completely turned around by God. When the angel Gabriel
announced she would become the earthly mother of the Son of
God…talk about an adventure! She started down a path she
couldn’t have imagined.
It doesn’t matter where Jesus leads us, following Him will
always be an adventure. Whenever He says, “Follow Me,” do
what Mary did: Just say, “Let it be” (Luke 1:38)—say “Yes.”
