“Your Finest Hour”
Luke 1: 26 – 38

Joseph Joshua Gideon Esther Samuel David Solomon Josiah Jeremiah Timothy Titus…

The unnamed ones: the servant girl of Naaman, the one whose fish and bread fed the multitude.

What do they all have in common? Youth used in God’s redemptive plan

Some of the world’s greatest accomplishments have been done by young men and women. Alexander the Great became king before he was thirty years old. Hitler and Mussolini built their power on the dedication and energy of young people. Today, Communists make their strongest sales pitch to youth, because they know of the influence and dedication of the young.

Historic commentators place Mary at about age 16 – 18

GOD TAKES NOTE OF HOW YOUNG PEOPLE CONDUCT THEMSELVES v.26-27

Mary was able to keep herself pure [private and public, virginity highly valued then, less now, media exposure]

65% of all H.S. Christian students are sexually active [1990]
10% of H.S. students have experimented with or are involved in a homosexual lifestyle.[1990]

2. WHEN OUR CONDUCT PLEASES GOD HE REVELAS HIS PLANS AND PURPOSES FOR OUR LIVES
“There comes a special moment in everyone’s life, a moment for which that person was born. That special opportunity, when he seizes it, will fulfill his mission, a mission for which he is uniquely qualified. In that moment, he finds greatness. It is his finest hour.” - Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of England during WW II
Our finest hour comes when God’s providence meets with our own preparation. Most of life is a steady, consistent preparation and cultivation for our finest hour - - that season for which we are to make our significant contribution to this world.
Prophecy had stated that a virgin will bring forth Immanuel cf. Is. 9 God searched and found her
o The discovery of your destiny – YOUR FINEST HOUR
o Answers to your perplexing questions and anxieties: How will this be since I am a virgin?
o Intimate revelation from God: Holy Spirit will overshadow, Holy One born of You

3. COMPLETE SUBMISSION TO THE WILL OF GOD ACTTIVATES YOUR FINEST HOUR v. 38
Be it unto me according to your word….

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