The Principle of Partnership (Untangled From Doubt)

Apart from the act of Creation, can you find where God decided to do something for humanity anywhere in the Bible without some conversation or partnership with humankind?

When the world became so dark and evil, to the point where God regretted creating people, there was a man who found favour in His eyes. God partnered with Noah and preserved the human race. Without Noah responding to the Word, the instructions of God, all the people of the earth would have been destroyed. (See Genesis 6).

To establish a nation, he called another man, Abraham. Abraham received a promise with a visual representation to remind Him of what God vowed to do. When he looked up to the stars, or down to his feet in the sand, he was reminded of what God had said: “You will be a father of many nations.” (See Genesis 17:5).

• He partnered with Joseph to bring provision.
• He partnered with Moses to bring deliverance.
• He partnered with Rahab to bring protection.
• He partnered with Joshua to occupy the land He promised His people.
• He partnered with David to rule His people.
• He partnered with Solomon to build His temple where His people could worship.
• He partnered with His prophets to bring vision and direction.

There was not one account where God provided, delivered, protected, occupied territory, ruled, or directed His people without their permission and participation. God will never force His will on us, we have to humble ourselves, ask, and submit to the Word (the promises and the instructions) we receive from Him.

God wants to bring salvation to the earth. He wants to bring salvation into your circumstances. Into the situations you are passionately praying for. He wants to bring solutions through you for the world around you. Will you partner with Him?

He partnered with Mary to bring Salvation into the world.

This is what Mary did when she received the Word Gabriel delivered. She partnered with God when she responded: “Let it be unto me according to your word.” (See Luke 1:38). And the Word became flesh in her.

She took herself away for the first three months as she protected and nurtured the Word she received within her heart. There were no physical signs to reveal she was about to give birth to the Messiah. She only had a promise/a word. There was no sensation of a baby kicking inside her yet.

To safeguard the incorruptible seed conceived in her heart, she surrounded herself with people of faith. Elizabeth, her cousin, was also experiencing a supernatural birth. Mary had a visual representation of the promise the Lord made to her.

Mary wrote a beautiful song, praising God for the salvation about to enter the earth through her. She sang praises to God in thanksgiving for what He was doing through the presence of Jesus on the earth. She sang this song before she had the baby in her arms; before the baby kicked in her womb.

What is the promise He has made to you? Have you responded to His promise? Do you have it in front of your eyes daily? Can you see salvation in the outcome you imagine, even before the breakthrough comes?

“Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!” (Luke 1:45, NIV)