Thursday, December 20, 2007
Luke 1:48b-49 From now on all generations will call me blessed, for the Mighty One has done great things for me -- holy is his name.
GREAT THINGS
Surely we would agree that God did great things for Mary. He chose her to be the mother of His only Son. He took this poor, ordinary girl and bestowed upon her favor such that people from all generations since call her blessed. Not only that, but Mary also saw in faith that through this Child all the nations of the earth would find salvation. He was the fulfillment of the promise to Abraham (Genesis 22:18a).
Sometimes, however, we lose sight of the "great things" God has done for us in the sending of His Son. Perhaps we have heard the Christmas story so often that it has become "old news" to us and we don't appreciate it as much as we could. Maybe we have let the cares and troubles of this life drown out our meditation on the great things that happened that first Christmas. Could we benefit from spending more time with the word of God this season -- seeing and understanding what has been done for us at Bethlehem?
God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself. Therefore Mary isn't the only one who can say, "The Mighty One has done great things for me!" We can all say it.
