Dear Saying “Yes”,

The question that is often asked by young ladies that want to recklessly abandon themselves to God, “Do I have to leave my family, hometown, and all my friends to prove that I am committed?” Occasionally God might ask you to do some of those things, but most of the time all he wants from you is a willingness to wake up in the morning and simply say “yes” to whatever He has planned for you.

What we decide to do every morning usually guides our attitude and mindset for the entire day. Therefore, if we purpose to wake up every morning and say “yes” to God, then that guarantees a wonderful start of our day and our future.   

  “It comes the very moment you wake up each morning. All your wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like wild animals. And the first job each morning consists simply in shoving them all back; in listening to that other voice, taking that other point of view, letting that other larger, stronger, quieter life come flowing in. And so on, all day. Standing back from all your natural fussing and fretting; coming in out of the wind.”  -Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis

This shout – yes method may seem simplistic, but there was a young teenage girl that chose to say “yes” to God every day, that ended up being chosen for a very special purpose, to be the mother of Jesus.

Luke 1:38 – “And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.”

Do you think that God would have chosen her, Mary, to be the mother of Jesus if she wasn’t ready to say “yes” to whatever God brought into her life?

Compared to an old priest, Zacharias that struggle to say yes to the news of having a child in his old age. The very same angel that told Mary that she was chosen to bare the son of God, told Zacharias that his wife was also going to bare a son, named John the Baptist, but his responses were totally different.

Luke 1:13-20 – “But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb. And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings. And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.”

Because of his disbelief, he was unable to speak until his son was born, while Mary a young girl/woman believed, had no restrictions, and needed no proof. It was much easier for Mary because she made the conscience decision every day, beforehand, to say “yes” to God, so she was ready and willing when the call came.

Are you willing today to say “yes” to God on a daily base? Can you follow Mary’s example in whatever God puts in front of you to say “yes” in obedience or will you copy Zacharias in disbelief? Even if he does ask you to do something that may seem hard or scary, are you willing to obey Him and say “yes?”

The choice is yours, but the result is up to God. I pray you can say “yes” to him.

                                                                                  Signing off,
                                                                                  Tami