Gabriel met Mary’s question with a beautifully expressive response.

Gabriel met Mary’s question with a beautifully expressive response.

Gabriel met Mary’s question with a beautifully expressive response. “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.” The Greek word for “come upon” is eperchomai, meaning “to . . . arrive, invade, . . . resting upon and operating in a person.” Only one woman in all of humanity would be chosen to bear the Son of God, yet each one of us who are believers have been invaded by Jesus Christ through His Holy Spirit (see Rom. 8:9). He has been invading the closets, the attic, and the basement of my life ever since I accepted Him. How I praise God for the most glorious invasion of privacy that ever graced a human life!