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几年前，一部圣诞音乐剧中马利亚说：“如果主说了，我必须照祂的吩咐做。我要把我的生命放在祂手中，交托给祂。”

这就是马利亚对她将成为圣子的母亲这令人震惊的宣告的回应。无论后果如何，她能够说：“情愿照祢的话成就在我身上。”

马利亚已经准备好将她的生命交给主，即使这意味着她可能会在所有认识她的人眼中蒙羞。因为她将生命交托给主，她成了耶稣的母亲，使人得以庆祝救主的来临。马利亚听从神的话，接受神对她生命的旨意，把她自己交在神的手中。

真诚庆祝圣诞节所需要的就是：相信对许多人来说不可思议的事，接受神对我们生命的计划，把自己投身于对神的服侍中，相信我们的生命在祂手中。只有这样，我们才能在真正意义上庆祝圣诞节。

今天就来求圣灵帮助你全心信靠神，把生命的主权交给祂吧！当这样做时，你的生命将会完全不同。

Some years ago, a Christmas musical included Mary saying, “If the Lord has spoken, I must do as he commands. I will put my life into his hands. I will trust him with my life.”

That was Mary’s response to the surprise announcement that she would be the mother of the Son of God. Whatever the consequences, she was able to say, “May your word to me be fulfilled.”

Mary was ready to surrender her life to the Lord, even if it meant that she might be disgraced in the eyes of everyone who knew her. And because she trusted the Lord with her life, she became the mother of Jesus and could celebrate the coming of the Savior. Mary took God at his word, accepted God’s will for her life, and placed herself in God’s hands.

That’s what it takes to truly celebrate Christmas: to believe what is completely unbelievable to many people, to accept God’s will for our lives, and to place ourselves in God’s service, trusting that our lives are in his hands. Only then will we be able to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas.

Ask the Holy Spirit today to help you trust God with your life and to turn the controls of your life over to him. When you do, your life will never be the same.