Luke 1:39-45 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, where she entered Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished!”(NIV)
NAZARETH to the hill country of JUDEA= 80-100 miles.
Are you willing to go through extremes with God?
BLESSED = an experience of the assured inner riches of God’s kingdom amid external poverty and trials.
Do you possess the inner riches of God’s kingdom?
ELIZABETH = First person to be filled with the Holy Spirit and to use the gift of prophesy in the New Testament.
Are you familiar with the gift of prophesy and what it is?
PROPHESY = oral encouragement to live holy and righteous, or to reveal the future determined by God’s plans and purposes. A Holy Spirit gift received and given to strengthen, encourage and to comfort one another. 1 Corinthians 14:3
MARY realized many blessings because of her immediate belief in Gabriel’s prophetic message for her and her baby. What blessing have you received because of your belief?