Favored…
Mary was highly favored. She was chosen to be the birth mother of deity. Probably in her teens, an angel appeared to her to give her the incredible news.
I haven’t seen an angel (that I know of…).
But I’ve been given some incredible news.
“….He hath made me accepted..” (Eph.1:6 KJV, personalized by me)
Both ‘highly favored’ and ‘accepted’ are translated from the same original word ‘charitoo’.
I am highly favored.
Mary received the Seed of God into herself.
I have received the Spirit of God into myself. I am not His mother, He is my Father. I do not share my human condition with Him, He shares His perfect holiness with me.
“When I believed, he marked me with a seal. The seal is the Holy Spirit that He promised.”(2Timothy 1:14 personalized by me)
“ The Spirit marks me as God's own…”(Eph. 1:14 personalized by me)
“ He has given me the Holy Spirit as a down payment. The Spirit makes me sure of what is still to come…”(2Cor. 5:5 personalized by me)
I’m not a god, and I’m certainly not God. I’m not an angel, and I’m not perfect.
But I am a child of The Most High God.
I will “ Guard the truth of the good news that I was trusted with. Guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in me…”(2Tim. 1:14 personalized by me)
“I know the One I have believed in. I am sure He is able to take care of what I have given Him. I can trust Him with it until the day He returns as judge. I will follow what I heard as the pattern of true teaching. Follow it with faith and love because I belong to Christ Jesus.”(2 Tim. 1:12-14 personalized by me)
I am highly favored.
Hallelujah.
