Mary Did You Know?

She was but a child herself, this young Jewish girl who rode upon a donkey pregnant with child. A grueling trip through the desert would bring her to a town called Bethlehem. There she would deliver a baby who would change the world forever.
 Mary did you know?
The angel Gabriel had told this young virgin in a dream that she had been chosen to give birth “Do not be afraid Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most high.” Luke 1: 30-32. To this she replies, “I am the Lord’s servant” “May it be to me as you have said”.
What must she have thought of this monumental prophecy? She tells us that she is humbled to be chosen to give birth to this child. In this she reveals an astonishing faith and obedience to God, one which most of us can only hope to achieve at the pinnacle of our faith. She must have known the repercussions could be devastating to her. How would she tell Joseph her betrothed? And what of the humiliation her family would suffer? Not to mention the very real possibility she could be stoned to death.
Mary’s obedience to God and her surrender to him is an example of what God desires from us. The simplicity of her faith is still a model for us today. God tells us to trust in Him and lean not on our own understanding. Can we do what God asks, can we be a Mary in today’s world?

*Mary did you know
That your baby boy would one day walk on water?
Mary did you know
That your Baby Boy would save our sons and daughters?
Did you know
That your Baby Boy has come to make you new?
This Child that you delivered will soon deliver you.
Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy will give sight to a blind man?
Mary, did you know
That your Baby Boy will calm the storm with His hand?
Did you know
That your Baby Boy has walked where angels trod?
When you kiss your little Baby you kissed the face of God?
The blind will see.
The deaf will hear.
The lame will leap
The dumb will speak
The praises of The Lamb
Mary, did you know
That your Baby Boy is Lord of all creation?
Mary, did you know
That your Baby Boy rule the nations?
Mary, did you know
That your Baby Boy would one day rule the nations?
Did you know
That your Baby Boy is heaven’s perfect Lamb?
The sleeping Child you’re holding is the
GREAT, I AM.

 May we all have that same faith and trust in God during this blessed season.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!


[Lyrics written by Mark Lowry and Buddy Green]