“I am the Lord’s servant… May it be to me according to your word.” – Luke 1:38
Mary’s life was interrupted — profoundly, unexpectedly, and inconveniently.
Her story was rerouted.
Her expectations were overturned.
And the life she imagined suddenly no longer existed.
Yet her response was trust: “May it be to me according to Your word.”
“One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.”
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship
Advent discipleship is learning to welcome the interruptions of God. Not because they’re easy, and not because they line up with our plans, but because God’s purposes are always rooted in love and always aimed at redemption.
Divine interruptions are often invitations in disguise — invitations to deeper faith, to surrendered obedience, to letting God write a story better than the one we were scripting.
Where God interrupts, grace follows. It may not feel like grace at first glance, but trust grows in the soil of surrender. And God meets us, just as He met Mary — with presence, with assurance, with purpose.
Reflection: Where is God disrupting your expectations so He can deepen your obedience?
Prayer: Lord, teach me to trust You when my plans unravel. Give me the courage to welcome Your interruptions as invitations into deeper obedience. Soften my heart where I resist Your leading. Help me say with Mary, honestly and fully, “Let it be to me according to Your word.” Where You redirect me, anchor me in Your love. Where You interrupt me, lead me with Your grace. Amen.
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