"For He hath regarded the low estate of His handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed."
This was Mary's song of worship toward God. Mary knew God; she knew the Scriptures; and she knew who the Messiah would be. Mary was a nobody; she had no special talents; and she did not claim to be more humble than everyone else. She was not wealthy, but she recognized that God chose her to bear His Son just because that's the way He wanted it. (verse 48) What I mean is that Jesus was sent to save everyone! We can rest assured that all we have to do is come to God and repent. (Romans says, “For all have fallen short of the glory of God) and He will then forgive our sins and heal our hearts. God is not a respecter of persons. He is in control of our life situations, and it does not matter where we work, what kind of car we drive, where we live, the good we've done, the kind of people we are—He just wants us to seek Him.
Ezekiel, from the Old Testament, is a fine example. He spent the first twenty years of his life studying to be a priest, since he thought this was what God was calling him to be. Instead, Ezekiel found himself in the middle of pagan Babylon, and his beloved temple, in which he had spent so many years, lay in ruins. He was alone with the rest of the Jews, thrust out of God's presence, so to speak. But Ezekiel did not pray for a change of situation, he just sought the face of God, and God revealed Himself. God told Ezekiel to go to the remnant of Israel and prophecy to them, so Ezekiel was obedient to God, in spite of his circumstances. We also can see that Mary would pay a dear price for having this Baby. Elsewhere, in the Bible, it says that a sword will pierce her own heart also. She needed a savior just as much as the rest of us do. (Luke 1:47) The Bible says that God first loved us, even when we did not love Him yet. And He sent His Son to pay the price of our sins, which is death. If we will repent of our sins and believe that Jesus is Lord—our Lord—then His death and resurrection pay for our sins, make us clean, and we will be set free to live for Him.
~ Jason Frantz
