Week 2, Tuesday: Mary, did you know?

Read Luke 1:26-33

When Gabriel visited Mary, Luke tells us she was greatly troubled by his words. What do you think Mary was so troubled by? Have you ever had a time when something in God's Word was troubling for you?

The angel's response to her anxious heart was to encourage her with two thoughts:

1. You have found favor with God.
2. Jesus will rule forever.

Those two concepts can still alleviate most of our fears today. If we have God's favor through Jesus, nothing can ultimately touch us, because as it states in Romans 8:31, "If God is for us, who can be against us?"

And if we know Jesus will never lose his place being in control of the universe, it frees us to trust him with our problems.

What are your biggest fears today? Take them to the one who in charge, who just happens to also be the one who favors you.