Fasting Devotion 2026: Day 18

Fasting Devotional – Day Eighteen

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Title:  Mary Surrenders to God’s Plan

Text:  Luke 1:26–38

Written by:  Heather Lambert

Thoughts:

Luke 1:26–38  Surrendering All

Do you ever feel so insignificant, so unnoticed?  Do you feel a cry in your heart that screams out, “Am I invisible?”  Do you wonder if you matter?  Consider the In this passage, young virgin,  Mary.  She is a very young woman, probably a teenager who is promised to be married to Joseph. Then she gets a SUDDENLY in her life that changes everything. Gabriel announces that Mary has found favor with God and will conceive by the power of the Holy Spirit, giving birth to a son named Jesus. This child will be great, called the Son of the Most High, and will reign forever on David’s throne.

Mary is initially confused, especially since she is a virgin, but Gabriel reassures her that nothing is impossible with God. In humble faith and obedience, Mary responds with surrender, declaring herself the Lord’s servant and accepting God’s will for her life.  Mary responds with humility and acceptance, saying "Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." Luke 1:38

Challenge:

In this account, Luke reveals how God invites an ordinary young woman into an extraordinary role!  Her faithful surrender becomes the pathway for God’s redemptive work in the world.  I am convinced that many of us are going to receive a SUDDENLY in our lives.  We will be approached and asked to do something that seems confusing, challenging, and uncomfortable.  Will we shrink back into the shadows or will our SUDDENLY moment become our extraordinary role that is the pathway for God’s redemptive work in our hearts, families, churches, cities, schools, and ultimately…our world!  Will we surrender to His plan?

Prayer:

Dear Friend, You are NOT insignificant.  God has a role for you to play in His beautiful story.

Will you trust Him with your life?  Will you respond with simple obedience?  Will you surrender? I am praying for you, and when I pray, I hear the trumped of victory that comes after a surrender!