Luke One: Mary and the practice of reflecting on the eternal promise

Every time she looked at the infant, every time she would have been worried or tempted to think about worldly concerns - would there be enough clothing or food for the winter, would there be enough firewood, she would look at the infant, the toddler and remember, the Angel's message : He is the Son of God, the one who would inherit the Throne of David. She would be in instant reverence and faith : surely what God had conceived, He will sustain.

The angel said in Luke 1:32,33 And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end. 

It was a moment when the eternal met with the temporal, the Spiritual with the human the everyday. A teenager pregnant and visited by Angels on High.

She was no ordinary teenager. She was a youth with an eternal focus, powerful conviction, true reverence and Godly love and devotion. 

"Greetings O favoured one, the lord is with you, do not be afraid for you have found favour with God". 

What is it like to live under the favour of God, when God comes near when He approaches close to live with us? So much favour that you will be in charge of raising Christ up from infant hood to manhood he will be your charge, your responsibility.

To be called literally the bride of God, you can say, God is the Father of my Children, is that great wealth?

Does favor mean wealth? she was still poor after conceiving. Their lives never attained to millionaire wealth. Although supernatural provision did come to raise the boy to manhood through the kings from the orient.

When you are caught up in the spiritual realm, the eternal realms, the things of this world are small in comparison.