Christmas According to Mary

 

Christmas According to Mary by Dr. D. James Kennedy

Then Mary said, “I am the servant of the Lord. May  it be unto me according to your word.”     Luke 1:38

There are many things about Mary that I think we could well emulate. The first is her humility. She was a lowly “maidservant of the Lord,” as she described herself. The Scripture says, “In the sixth month [of the pregnancy of Elisabeth, her relative] the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph … the virgin’s name was Mary. The angel came to her and said, ‘Greetings, you who are highly favored. The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women” (Luke 1:26-28).

When Mary heard this, what did she say? Did she say, “Well at last I’m getting the recognition I deserve”? No; not at all. Rather, the Scripture says “She was troubled by his words, and considered in her mind what manner of salutation this might be” (v. 29) [you who are highly favored … Bless are you among women” (v. 28)]. She described herself as simply the maidservant of the Lord; she was of lowly estate, and could not possibly imagine what the angel intended by that saying.

God chose Mary as a humble servant through whom the world would be blessed, by her Son. We should imitate Mary, in the same way we should imitate Peter, Paul, or John.