He is masterfully working all of it together for your good. From the very moment He gave you the promise, He saw the end from the beginning, and absolutely everything in between. There is no setback that ever has Him nervous, gnawing on His nails, wondering how in the world He is going to handle it. It is right now mightily at work in heavenly places, producing change on your behalf. His personal word to you is living, active, and full of God’s energy. No promise, no utterance from God’s mouth, will ever be deficient of the mighty power needed for it to come to fruition. Holy Spirit put it in Luke’s narrative for you and for me. Is there a promise God has spoken to your heart that is yet awaiting its appointed time? The prophetic message Gabriel proclaimed is timeless. In that moment, God’s Word became flesh inside of this humble, willing maidservant. As God released His promise to Mary, His spoken word ( rhema) was charged with the very power ( dunamis) that brought forth a human embryo inside of her. He hovered over her womb just as He hovered over the surface of the waters in Genesis 1:1. When God speaks a promise to you, His very word carries the power necessary to set into motion everything necessary for its fulfillment. Gabriel actually said to Mary, “No rhema from God will be void of dunamis.” Rhema means “spoken word,” and dunamis means “power.” In other words, no utterance from God’s mouth will ever be lacking in power!
I love the breakdown of the Greek on this verse. Gabriel mentions John’s supernatural conception, and then brings his announcement to a tidy conclusion with these words: “For nothing will be impossible with God.” No wonder she needed to hear of Elizabeth’s mind-blowing miracle to bolster her faith. Made pregnant by the Holy Spirit, she is going to carry no less than the Son of God, the Savior of the entire world, in her uterus. So this gloriously resplendent angel announces to teenage Mary that the God who fills the whole universe is about to fit Himself in her virgin womb. Gabriel’s presence must have been overwhelming indeed we read that upon encountering him, the prophet Daniel fell on his face, terrified (Dan.
Try to imagine, though, what it must have felt like for this young woman to hear such an astonishing message from a majestic being shining brilliantly with heavenly light. On this side of history, the story is exceedingly familiar to us. Gabriel had just dropped a bombshell on Mary. “For nothing will be impossible with God” (Luke 1:37, NET).
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