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To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. and when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou has found favour with God.-LUKE 1:27-30

What made Mary so special? Why was she “highly favored by God”? Why did God choose Mary through whom to send His son to earth instead of another woman in Israel?

Mary was prepared. It is prophesied in Isaiah 7:14 that Jesus would be born to a virgin, “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.”

Mary was morally pure. She had remained chaste and pure throughout her life. She followed God’s laws, allowing God to use her in a mighty way.

So many times we want to be used of God, but we don’t want to obey His guidelines. We want God to bless our lives, but we refuse to give our lives to Him. Mary understood that there were rules to be followed to be used of God, and she obeyed them. Is following our own rules and “doing our own thing” so important to us that we would forfeit the blessings that God wants to give us?

Do you want to be used by God? Don’t allow your life to be wasted by not letting Christ use you. What in your life may be holding you back from being used by God? Remove any hindrances from your life that are preventing  Him from using you. Let God use you to do amazing things for His glory!

AMOS 1-3 & REVELATION 6

a daily WORD by PAUL CHAPPELL