Now, I want you to notice something closely. Look when the Angel came to the priest, Zacharias, and told him that Sarah…or Elisabeth was going to have a child by him, he had plenty of examples before that. Hannah had had a child past age of bearing. Sarah, near a hundred years old or better, had brought a child after the age of bearing: plenty examples. But that calloused priest failed to believe God. But Mary never; she never questioned. She said, “Behold the handmaid of the Lord. Be it unto me according to Thy Word.” Notice. She didn’t wait till she was positive. She didn’t wait till she felt something, felt life. She started right then praising God for it, for she had His promise. Brother, sister, give us some more Marys here in Minneapolis, who will take God at His Word, not wait till you feel something, or something happens, take His Word and start rejoicing about it. Hallelujah! God said He’s the Healer; I believe it. He said He created me. I believe it. Take His Word and start rejoicing about it. Hallelujah! That’s the kind of people we need.

Believest Thou This?, 1950-07-16, Minneapolis, MN, §41