Mary: Whose Faith Follow

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“So it was, that, while they were there,
the days were accomplished
that she should be delivered.”
Luke 2:66And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. (Luke 2:6)
Let’s learn more from Mary. We find she was submissive, along with her husband, to the authorities. She was willing to travel some seventy miles to Bethlehem when she was nine months along in her pregnancy, not in a comfortable air-conditioned or heated car, but probably on the back of a donkey! Her husband needed to be there for a census (Luke 2:11And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (Luke 2:1) JND), so she went willingly with him. God’s counsels had determined that the Lord Jesus would be born in Bethlehem.
In verse 19 we find she “kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.” This reminds us of meditation. Each time we read God’s Word, we’re given much upon which to meditate. The Psalmist could say, “My meditation of Him shall be sweet” (Psa. 104:3434My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the Lord. (Psalm 104:34)).
And so, we have found Mary trusting (“Trust in the Lord, and do good” Psa. 37:33Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. (Psalm 37:3)), submitting (“Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord” Eph. 5:2222Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. (Ephesians 5:22)), meditating (“Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all” 1 Tim. 4:15), rejoicing (“Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.” Phil. 4:44Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. (Philippians 4:4)) , and using self-control (“The fruit of the Spirit is  ...  temperance” Gal. 5:2222But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, (Galatians 5:22)). May we follow her faith and example so that we, too, can bear fruit for God’s glory.