The Helper of Our Faith

"Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month."
Luke 1:36

As I was driving to church early yesterday morning, I was thinking about my message from Luke 1:26-38 and something occurred to me. God gave Mary the most incredible news that any person could receive and Mary believed it. But God also gave Mary a means to discover that He was, in fact, working in her life in a miraculous way. Elizabeth, though advanced in years, was in the sixth month of pregnancy with John the Baptist. Thus, by going to interview Elizabeth, she had a way to verify the report that she'd been given. Mary may have had some doubts, but she had enough faith to step out and go to Elizabeth based on the message she'd received.

Likewise, God asks for faith. We're told that it is impossible to please Him without faith. But God also affirms our faith, often in subtle ways, so that any who seek Him will find Him.