Life Talk

Embrace the Assignment

Scriptures:  Proverbs 3:5-6, Luke 1: 26-38

Devotional:
I’m pregnant! I can still remember saying those words for the first time. Michael and I were barely a year into our marriage, still young, and so excited to be starting a family. I didn’t know what carrying a child would be like, but I was eager for the journey. Little did I know, our lives were about to change COMPLETELY!

Before the outward changes ever began, the inward changes were already taking place. Was I scared? You better believe it. Would I be a good mom? Is this going to hurt? Am I really ready? So many questions, so many emotions. But this was a day I had been waiting for and an assignment God had been preparing me for. I had watched my own mama pour into our family, raising us in a Godly home, teaching us the ways of the Lord. I knew it was my turn.

I think of Mary. She was even younger than I was when an angel appeared and told her she had been chosen to carry the Messiah. She wasn’t married. She had every reason to be overwhelmed. And yet, through the shock and the questions, Mary embraced the assignment God had chosen her for.

Mary didn’t have a roadmap. She didn’t have a what-to-expect book or a support group. She had a word from the Lord and the courage to say “be it unto me according to thy word” (Luke 1:38). That simple yet profound act of surrender changed the world forever.

And isn’t that just like God? He doesn’t always call the prepared, He prepares the called. Your mama assignment may not look anything like Mary’s, and it may not look anything like mine. But make no mistake, God has been quietly, intentionally preparing you for yours. Every prayer you’ve prayed, every lesson learned, every fear pushed through, none of it has been wasted.

So when the questions come, and they will come, don’t let them paralyze you. Let them push you closer to the One who already has every answer. You were chosen on purpose, with purpose to raise the children God gave you. And all of this by a God who makes no mistakes.

It’s your turn. Embrace it.

?  Reflection Questions for Mamas

1. Think back to the moment you first found out you were going to be a mom — what emotions do you remember most? How did God meet you in that moment?
2. Who modeled motherhood for you in a meaningful way? How has her influence shaped the kind of mother you are or hope to be?
3. What is one area of your motherhood journey where God is asking you to trust Him more fully right now?
4. What is the most significant inward change becoming a mother has made in you?
5. What is one thing you want your children to say about the way you pointed them toward God?