MARY´S
MAGNIFICENT GOD
Monday
3, December
And Mary said, My soul doth
magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in
God my Saviour. For he hath looked upon the low
estate of his handmaid: For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call
me blessed. For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his
name. And
his mercy is unto generations and generations On them that fear him. He hath
showed strength with his arm; He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of
their heart. He hath put down princes from their thrones, And hath exalted them
of low degree. The hungry he hath filled with
good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. He hath given help to Israel
his servant, That he might remember mercy (As he spake unto our fathers)
Toward Abraham and his seed forever. (Luke 1:46-55)
Mary sees clearly a most remarkable thing
about God: He is about to change the course of all human history. The most
important three decades in all of time are about to begin.
And
where is God? Occupying himself with two obscure, humble women – one old and
barren (Elizabeth), one young and virginal (Mary). And Mary is so moved by this
vision of God, the lover of the lowly, that she breaks out in song – a song
that has come to be known as the “Magnificat” (Luke 1:46-55)Mary and Elizabeth are wonderful heroines in Luke’s account. He loves the faith of these women. The thing that impresses him most, it appears, and the thing he wants to impress on Theophilus, his noble reader, is the lowliness and chjeerful humility of Elizabeth and Mary.
Elizabeth says, “Why is this granted to
me that the mother of my Lord would come to me?” (Luke 1:43)
The
only people whose soul can truly magnify the Lord are people like Elizabeth and
Mary – people who acknowledge their lowly estate and are overwhelmed by the
condescension of the magnificent God.
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