Mary responded, “I am the Lord’s servant. May everything you have said about me come true.” And then the angel left her. Luke 1:38 (NLT)
I love this verse. Mary was facing a huge life altering event. Her world as she knew it was about to drastically change and not necessarily for the better. The road was going to be hard. There were going to be many uncertain times. She herself was going to face criticism and heartache. And her response to God? “Whatever you want.”
I kind of get it though. This was HUGE! I mean, when we are facing HUGE, we tend to turn to God right? We lose our job, we seek God. We get a bad health diagnosis, we seek God. Someone dies. We seek God. We tend to seek God in the HUGE because we know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that we can’t do this alone.
I do that. I run to God for the HUGE. But on the things I can do by myself……Well, I can handle that and I don’t. I would say I forget but most of the time I don’t even think about it. I just do what I know to do and take care of it.
This isn’t what God wants though. He wants us to come to him all the time, for everything. He wants us to talk through our day with him and process what’s next. Even if we know what to do and how to handle it, he wants in on the action. He wants us to add him to the mix.
A planning meeting? Let God be part of the planning. A conversation with a colleague or friend? Pray through that and get his perspective. A packed day full of meetings and tasks? Ask God to order your priorities.
God wants to be part of everything we do. He doesn’t want to be pulled out for the HUGE stuff only. He wants to be involved in every detail of our lives. You know, I think when we talk to God about the small stuff, it’s easier to trust him with the big stuff.
I bet Mary knew this from experience.