I hope that everyone who is reading this has had a chance to listen to the album The Story, based on the book of the same name. If you haven't you are really missing out. Each song on the album is based on a different Bible character and tells their story through song. Seriously, listen to it.
So, I was listening to Mary's song this morning while driving and a few small words really stuck out to me. Btw, Francesca Battistelli sings this song and it's one of, if not, the best on the album. The words she sings are, "Holy is He, blessed am I". Immediately you want to say, "yeah, so what? She was definitely blessed". I agree, but what we need to think about is that she knew she was blessed.
Mary could have looked at the situation with disdain, similar to the way Moses did when he was first called. One can also make the argument that of the people with big responsibility in the Bible, no one had a bigger burden than what Mary had. I'm sure the angel told her, "no more McDonald's for you Mary, this baby's going to be perfect!" Mary never focused on that. She said I am blessed by God. The first challenge for us is when God says, "go" or "do this", that we don't look at the situation with disdain; we look at the situation and say, "Wow, the God of the universe chose me. I am blessed." Thank God that He chose you to be apart of His plan, because the Bible says that sometimes there are those who are not chosen.
In Luke 1:38, Mary says one other thing that I love in response to her news. She says, "I am the Lord's servant." Do we really believe that about ourselves? That's what we are whether we want to be or not. Someone who does not believe in God is still a servant of God they just don't know it, or choose to ignore it. What we as Christians need to do is embrace that title. If we can truly grasp that concept and embrace it then a lot of the selfishness we see in ourselves, in Christians and in our churches today will fall by the wayside. If we truly believe we are God's servants than we stop everything we are doing when God calls us. A servant doesn't say to the master, "yeah, later" or sigh and mope around while he/she does it. A servant says, "yes sir, right away."
Praise God that while we were still sinners God chose us, and that goes for His work too.
So, I was listening to Mary's song this morning while driving and a few small words really stuck out to me. Btw, Francesca Battistelli sings this song and it's one of, if not, the best on the album. The words she sings are, "Holy is He, blessed am I". Immediately you want to say, "yeah, so what? She was definitely blessed". I agree, but what we need to think about is that she knew she was blessed.
Mary could have looked at the situation with disdain, similar to the way Moses did when he was first called. One can also make the argument that of the people with big responsibility in the Bible, no one had a bigger burden than what Mary had. I'm sure the angel told her, "no more McDonald's for you Mary, this baby's going to be perfect!" Mary never focused on that. She said I am blessed by God. The first challenge for us is when God says, "go" or "do this", that we don't look at the situation with disdain; we look at the situation and say, "Wow, the God of the universe chose me. I am blessed." Thank God that He chose you to be apart of His plan, because the Bible says that sometimes there are those who are not chosen.
In Luke 1:38, Mary says one other thing that I love in response to her news. She says, "I am the Lord's servant." Do we really believe that about ourselves? That's what we are whether we want to be or not. Someone who does not believe in God is still a servant of God they just don't know it, or choose to ignore it. What we as Christians need to do is embrace that title. If we can truly grasp that concept and embrace it then a lot of the selfishness we see in ourselves, in Christians and in our churches today will fall by the wayside. If we truly believe we are God's servants than we stop everything we are doing when God calls us. A servant doesn't say to the master, "yeah, later" or sigh and mope around while he/she does it. A servant says, "yes sir, right away."
Praise God that while we were still sinners God chose us, and that goes for His work too.
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