Now Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah, 40 and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. (Luke 1:39)

 

Mary has just been shaken to the core by an angelic visit. She has received the startling news that she will be the mother of the Messiah. And this pregnancy will proceed without the procreative participation of her husband-to-be.

 

Was it a Wow! Wow! Wow! moment? Perhaps it was more like Pow! Pow! Pow? Or was an alternating Pow! Wow! Pow! Wow! Pow! Wow!

 

Either way, Mary’s life has taken an unexpected turn.

 

What would you do next, if you were in Mary’s moccasins?

 

Mary packs her bags (moccasins and all) and heads in the general direction of her cousin Elizabeth’s place. Did she make the trek simply to verify her miraculous pregnancy? Or was there something more to this visit?

 

When we read what happens in Elizabeth’s house, we get the impression that these two had a very special relationship. Listen to Elizabeth’s words to Mary:

 

“Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! But why is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For indeed, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord.” (vs. 42-45)

 

Elizabeth confirms the word of the angel by addressing her as “the mother of my Lord.” She then delivers an encouraging word (“Blessed is she who believed”) with a prophetic edge (“there will be a fulfillment”).

 

Wow! Wow! Wow! No more Pow! Pow! Pow! to contend with for Mary. These words were exactly what Mary needed to hear at this critical juncture of her journey.

 

Every Mary needs an Elizabeth. One who will speak words of life into your spirit, straight from the Holy Spirit.

 

Perhaps it is someone with whom you have developed the kind of rapport that existed between these two women. It may have taken you a long time to get to that point.

 

Or it may be someone with whom your spirit connected, just like that! Someone in your church, a member of your small group, a new addition to your family circle or someone you met at a conference?

 

No matter how it comes about, it would be wise to have someone similar to Elizabeth in your life, wouldn’t you agree? You would really appreciate them when you, like Mary, get hit with a Pow! Pow! Pow! or experience a Wow! Wow! Wow! Or a combination thereof.

 

A Pow-Wow with a prophetic confidante would provide you with the encouragement that you need to keep advancing into your destiny.

 

So, let me ask all of you “Mary’s” out there…do you have an “Elizabeth?”

 

Please share your responses with the rest of your DWOD family. We would all appreciate hearing from you very much.