Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Luke 1:43-45 "But why is this granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For indeed, as soon as the voice of your greeting sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of those things which were told her from the Lord."
PREPARING FOR THE COMING OF CHRIST WITH HUMBLE SUBMISSION: ELIZABETH
I think it would be safe to say that Elizabeth and her husband, the priest Zacharias, were experiencing quite an exciting time in their lives. They had gone through their entire lives childless and had come into old age. Yet they had conceived a child when, by all earthly standards, that shouldn't have happened.
But it wasn't earthly standards that were determining the events that were unfolding in their lives -- it was the will of God, who can do anything, at any time He desires. His desire was to bless Zacharias and Elizabeth with a child in their old age.
After so many years of waiting for a child to call her own, it would have been easy for Elizabeth to think only about her own wonderful and unique situation, but as soon as Mary entered the her house for a visit, she and the baby in her womb were led by the Holy Spirit to understand that they must humbly defer and submit themselves to the One who was carried within the womb of Mary.
As we come into this Advent season, as always, may we place ourselves, and all things in our lives, in humble submission before the Christ Child.
