Now, He could reveal something to you, and if you don’t believe it, it’ll never be active in your life. You have to believe it. You have to take God at His Word just like Mary did when she…the angel met her and said, “You’re going to have a Child, knowing no man.” Well, instead of—of—of fussing about it like Simeon did—or not Simeon, rather, but Zacharias, she said, “How could these things be?” Yet Abraham, Sarah, and—and Hannah at the temple, and many of them had had children after they were past the age of bearing. But that priest, that preacher, he just said, “Now, wait a minute. I don’t see how that could be.” And the angel had to make him dumb till the day the boy was born. But not Mary, she was a little innocent child about 18 years old, engaged to this Joseph. And she, He said that she was going to have a Child, knowing no man, had never happened before. Now, she didn’t wait till she was positive. She didn’t wait till she seen the signs of it; didn’t wait till she felt life or something. No, no. Just as quick as the angel said it, she went to rejoicing and happy, telling everybody, “I’m going to have a Baby, not knowing any man.” See? Why? She didn’t wait till any evidence. She didn’t wait till she was sure like we do. “Well, if I’m going to get well, then maybe I’ll find out. If I don’t feel any better, I ain’t go believe in it.” “When my hand comes a little bit straighter, well, maybe I’ll believe I’m going to get well.” No, not her. She took God just exactly what He said. She said, “Behold, the handmaid of the Lord.” And right up then through the country she went rejoicing, telling that she was going to have a baby before any sign of life ever showed it any way. She took God at His Word.

Deep Calleth Unto the Deep, 1952-08-09, Chicago, IL, §3