How would you respond if God told you that He was going to an incredible work in you, but it would mean that everyone around you would would despise you, and talk about you behind your back? Even more, what if all of your friends at church would completely misunderstand you, and think that you were a horrible sinner? Would you respond like this:
“My soul glorifies the Lord
47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
48 for he has been mindful
of the humble state of his servant.
From now on all generations will call me blessed,
49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me—
holy is his name.
Luke 1:46-49
47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
48 for he has been mindful
of the humble state of his servant.
From now on all generations will call me blessed,
49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me—
holy is his name.
Luke 1:46-49
Mary was told by an angel that she would have a baby miraculously through the hand of the Lord, and she responded in worship. I'm sure she was aware of what everyone would think happened when she suddenly became pregnant, but her first response was worship. I don't know about you, but at times I have had God ask of me things much less difficult than this, and the first thing that has come to my mind was worry rather than joy.
So how is it possible? How was Mary overcome with praise instead of being worried about what her fiance would think, or about what the entire community would say about her and her new son? Mary was able to respond the way that she did because she saw the miracle. She was overcome by what God was doing in her so much that all of the worries that could have overcome her, were drowned out by the glory of God.
God is going to ask us to do things that will be hard. Maybe he will ask us to give our money sacrificially, leave our home for the sake of the Gospel, or maybe He will ask us the hardest thing of all--to tell the people who are around us about Jesus. Everything in our flesh will want to respond to this with worry or with contempt. There are many professing Christians who live their lives resenting the things that God asks of them. This is truly tragic to the Father. Mary rejoiced in the Lord because she looked past the hardship and saw God's beautiful and awesome plan.
Don't miss the miracle.
So how is it possible? How was Mary overcome with praise instead of being worried about what her fiance would think, or about what the entire community would say about her and her new son? Mary was able to respond the way that she did because she saw the miracle. She was overcome by what God was doing in her so much that all of the worries that could have overcome her, were drowned out by the glory of God.
God is going to ask us to do things that will be hard. Maybe he will ask us to give our money sacrificially, leave our home for the sake of the Gospel, or maybe He will ask us the hardest thing of all--to tell the people who are around us about Jesus. Everything in our flesh will want to respond to this with worry or with contempt. There are many professing Christians who live their lives resenting the things that God asks of them. This is truly tragic to the Father. Mary rejoiced in the Lord because she looked past the hardship and saw God's beautiful and awesome plan.
Don't miss the miracle.
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