Passage
“This is the way the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He looked upon me to take away my disgrace among men.”
Luke 1:25 (LSB)
Nearby Context
Luke 1:23 And it happened that when the days of his priestly service were fulfilled, he went back home.
Luke 1:24 After these days Elizabeth his wife conceived, and she kept herself in seclusion for five months, saying,
Luke 1:25 “This is the way the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He looked upon me to take away my disgrace among men.”
Luke 1:26 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth,
Luke 1:27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary.
Study Lenses
The verse centers on "grace", "lord", "dealt", "days", "looked", "upon", "take", and "away". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "grace" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 24's "After these days Elizabeth his wife conceived..." into verse 26's "Now in the sixth month the angel...", so "grace" and "lord" belong inside that flow. In Luke context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.
A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "grace" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.