There Shall Be a Performance

“Blessed is she who believed, for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.” — Luke 1:45

Luke 1:45 is one of the strongest faith-statements in Scripture. It is not a poetic encouragement; it is a prophetic verdict. Elizabeth was not congratulating Mary’s emotions—she was affirming God’s certainty. Heaven had spoken, faith had responded, and the outcome was no longer a question. There shall be a performance.

This verse reveals a powerful law of the Kingdom: what God speaks is not waiting on possibility, it is waiting on belief.

Performance Is God’s Responsibility

Notice what Elizabeth says carefully. She does not say Mary will perform. She says there shall be a performance—implying that God Himself is the performer. Isaiah 46:11 confirms this pattern when God says, “I have spoken it; I will also bring it to pass. I have purposed it; I will also do it.” God never assigns humans the burden of fulfillment. He assigns them the posture of faith.

Mary’s role was belief. God’s role was performance.

This distinction is critical. Many believers exhaust themselves trying to “make” prophecy happen. Luke 1:45 corrects this error. Faith does not manufacture outcomes; faith positions you for divine execution.

Belief Activates Fulfillment

Elizabeth links blessing directly to belief. “Blessed is she who believed…” Not blessed is she who understood everything. Not blessed is she who had evidence. Blessed is she who believed.

Hebrews 11:6 tells us that without faith it is impossible to please God. Why? Because faith agrees with God before results appear. Faith does not wait for confirmation—it responds to revelation.

Mary believed God’s word despite:

• Biological impossibility (Luke 1:34)

• Social risk (Matthew 1:19)

• Uncertain timing (Luke 1:35)

Her belief did not remove questions; it overruled doubt.

Performance Follows Divine Speech, Not Human Timing

Luke 1 reveals that the promise was spoken before it was visible. Performance follows God’s timeline, not human urgency. Habakkuk 2:3 echoes this truth: “Though it tarries, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.” What looks like delay to man is precision to God.

The word “performance” in Luke 1:45 implies completion, execution, and manifestation. Ecclesiastes 3:11 tells us God makes everything beautiful in its time. Performance does not rush; it arrives right.

Faith Carries What Eyes Cannot See

Mary did not see pregnancy immediately. She carried a word before she carried a child. Romans 4:17 explains that God calls things that do not exist as though they did. Faith lives from God’s declaration, not present evidence.

This is why Elizabeth’s declaration matters. She was affirming that heaven’s word had already crossed into the realm of certainty, even though manifestation was still forming.

What God speaks enters reality immediately—manifestation simply catches up later.

Performance Is Guaranteed Where God Has Spoken

Numbers 23:19 declares that God is not a man that He should lie. When God speaks, truth is already in motion. Psalm 89:34 reinforces this: “My covenant I will not break, nor alter the word that has gone out of My lips.”

Luke 1:45 assures us that divine promises are not fragile. They do not depend on perfect conditions. They depend on God’s integrity.

This is why Isaiah 55:11 says God’s word will not return void. Performance is not optional—it is inevitable.

Faith Creates the Womb for Performance

Mary believed, and belief created capacity. Luke 1:38 records her response: “Let it be to me according to Your word.” That statement was not passive—it was authorization. Faith does not force God’s hand, but it opens the door for God’s work.

In Scripture, belief always precedes performance:

• Abraham believed, and Isaac followed (Genesis 15:6; 21:1)

• Hannah believed, and Samuel was born (1 Samuel 1:19–20)

• The disciples believed, and the Spirit came (Acts 2:1–4)

Faith is the womb in which promise grows.

Performance May Be Quiet Before It Is Public

Luke 1:45 was spoken in a private encounter between two women. No crowd. No platform. Yet destiny was unfolding. God often confirms His promises in quiet places before public manifestation. Zechariah doubted and became silent; Mary believed and carried life.

God does not announce performance to impress people; He performs to fulfill purpose.

A Word for the Waiting Heart

Luke 1:45 speaks directly to anyone holding a promise that seems delayed. It declares that belief is not wasted and waiting is not empty. Psalm 126:3 reminds us that God does great things, even when the process feels small.

If God spoke it, performance is not in question.
If you believed it, alignment is established.
If time is passing, preparation is happening.

Final Declaration

There shall be a performance—
not because circumstances agree,
not because timelines are convenient,
but because God is faithful.

What He promised, He will perform.
What He spoke, He will complete.
What you believed, He will bring to pass.

“Faithful is He who calls you, who also will do it.” — 1 Thessalonians 5:24