Mary's Song of Worship Humility and Trust in God's Promise

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The very first Christmas carol is what we call the Magnificat.

This is a song song by Mary. And this series

on the Promiseful Field, we're gonna talk about the four

songs of Christmas, the four Christmas carols that we see

in the Gospels, namely Mary's Song, kay Zachariah Song, sing Song,

and the Angel's Song. So we will take a look

at this four songs for the next four weeks, but

for tonight we will discuss the Magnificat sung by Mary

or Mary's song. Open your Bibles to the Gospel of

Luke chapter one, verses forty six to fifty five. Verse

forty six's and Mary said, my soul magnifies the Lord.

That word magnify means magnificat in the Latin, and my

spirit rejoices in God, my savior, for he has looked

on the humble state of his servant. For behold, and

from now on all generations will call me blessed, for

he who is mighty, has done great things for me,

And holy is his name. His mercy is for those

who fear him, from generation to generation. He has shown

strength in his arms, and he has catered the proud

and the thoughts of their hearts. He has brought down

the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble state.

He has filled the hungry with good things, and the

rich he has sent away empty. He has helped his

servant Israel in remembrance of his mercy, as he spoke

to our fathers, to Abraham and to his offspring forever.

Just very briefly so that you will understand why Mary

sung this song. It's a very beautiful song. The Bangandana

Christmas Carol, Okay, this is a song of Mary, and

I'll give you the background why this is so important.

Heard singing the song. Remember when the Gospel of Luke opens,

there was four hundred silent years intertestamental. We came from

that series last month right or weeks by on four

weeks Malachi four weeks. Right in between Malachi and the

Gospels four hundred years where God was silent. God did

not speak anything, but God was doing something in the

background and the moment. The Gospels when it was written,

it recounted the things that God declared are things that

were happening. Now, two of those stories, as Jesus was

about to be born, were about two women. Okay, Now,

during this time, women were second class citizens, so they

were not allowed to speak. You know, men is a

very male dominated society, and so we see in the

Gospels two women, Elizabeth and Mary, in their stories and

what happened to them. Now, Mary, at this point in time,

an angel visited Mary. But the angel Gabriel you know

the story, and tells her you're gonna be with child

and it's not any child, It's going to be the

savior of the world. Can you imagine that? Of course,

every mother who are mothers here? Can you raise your hand?

Mother's Maha sama nana la natin are special, right, they're

the most beautiful, the most handsome, the most gifted. But

I mean the angel was declaring, your child is going

to be a special child because it's going to be

the savior of the world. Of course, Mary said, what

I'm imagine this. Mary is around fifteen or sixteen years old,

a teenager, of course, is bethrowed to be married to Joseph.

Bethrow means, you know, engage officially, engaged to be married

legally pero. They have not no physical contact yet. And

so Mary was questioning, panomagayarion, how can this be? How

will that happen? And so she was so distressed because

of course women are more forward looking, futuristic, especially in

terms of relationships and things connected to that. Mahame Joseph

the divorced. I mean, you know the story. I'm just

trying to I know what's gonna happen. It's gonna divorce me.

I'm gonna face this craze. I'm gonna be ostracized. Go

he did this? Did this owner? So re imagine the

stress right in Mary emotionally. Of course, Joseph finds out

about this when Mary's a good Joseph p Stai Holy Spirit,

can you imagine? So, you know, Joseph be divorced, and

so what happened? The Angel visits Joseph. Right, I'm just

accounting for part of phrase. You can read it chapter one.

You can read it on your own. But that's what happens.

And Joseph and Mary visited by angel by the same

angel Gabriel had two different responses and buying response Nila

no axl tying angel because there are differences between men

and women, right, but young men may problem. But when

men have problems. When the angel told him this, you know,

men like to go to their man caves. They like

to be alone and think about the problem and sort

it out. Some have self pity Ibanumann whatever. Okay, but

so that's why when on a time of Bassai, Joseph

after and after the angel visited in and a man came.

Mary on the other hand, had a different response when

the angel told her this, guess what happens the bo women?

But e stress ko what do you do aside from

shopping and eating? Okay, but in detO, but normally the

first thing you do is you go to your girl friends.

You go to your bff, right, you go to the

people that you want to talk, You want to let

it out. So that's what Mary does. She goes to Elizabeth,

her cousin. She was probably thinking Nako and Elizabeth too

what I'm going through. I mean, what will I tell

her that I'm pregnant. But it's not by Joseph, and

it's going to be by you know, a ghost. It's

going to be the Father, and it's going to be

the savior of the world. I mean, I don't know

how to tell her, but women just open their hearts.

So as she goes there and tells her what happened,

Elizabeth is not surprised because something a miracle also happened

to Elizabeth. You remember Elizabeth was also barren and beyond

bearing age, there was also a miracle baby. So these

are two miracle mothers. You get Elizabeth mus conti human right,

kay Mary in Banglass. That's why when she recounted this story,

the Bible says that the boy John, the Baptist, who

was in the womb to Elizabeth suddenly, who was filled

in the Holy Spirit. You can read that in the womb,

he was filled with the spirit of God in the

name Holy Spirit. Study it says it leaked to MALUNNAO, okay,

it leaked in the womb of Elizabeth Spana Elizabeth, he

declared Mona. That's why Elizabeth suddenly you know, blessed are

you among women? For now on you will be called

blessed Elizabeth. And I believe because of that, because of

that that glaration, because in the midst of the distress,

Mary's faith was elevated because she understood, Okay, you know,

maybe God is really doing something. The cousin also has

the same thing, something distressful hibapala if you just focus

on the problem, on the things, on the situation, mad

distressca But you know what's the difference. They focus on God.

And that's why out of that declaration that you are

blessed among women, that's when she gave and sang this

song magnificat to magnify in the context of a very

distressful first Christmas. It changed something change when she began

to magnify God. You know, for us, Christmas can be

very distressful, right sometimes you know yu manga of course,

if you are if you are the owner of business

human a thirteenth month makabonus and a the like or whatever.

But atapos nagy year, maybe if you are a salesman

quota or maybe because I guess aside from the traffic,

maybe kulangyu whatever Christmas can be a very stressful season.

In fact, do you know that the two months that

there are most suicides are Christmas or December and February.

For those who are very lonely and things are not

going well in a festive environment, it could be the

most stressful times. And that's why this becomes more important.

How Mary responded to a stressful situation is to magn God.

Magnify God. Mary was able to have a Mary Christmas

because of how she responded. She summarized this in verses

forty six to first forty seven. My soul magnifies the Lord,

my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior. Let me tell you,

whatever you're going through, whatever stress, doubt, unbelief, problems you're

going through, we should take a look at how Mary responded.

Magnify God. Now, a lot of times the enemy wants

us to magnify the wrong things. The enemy wants us

to magnify the wrong things because there are to two

ways to magnify things. One is called a microscope. A

microscope a microscope makes small things big, and that's what

the enemy wants. He wants for us to make these

small irritations, these small problems become big because you're muhamo

and that's all you can see. And when something small

becomes big, it removes God, and God becomes distant or

invisible to you. All you see are your problems. All

you see are your stressful situations. But when you say

magnify the Lord, there's another way to magnify another instrument

called the telescope. The telescope makes something distant become closer

and we can see it for what it actually is,

right like the stars or the moon or the sun

from Afar palanatima itlam. But through a telescope we can

actually see it. Wow a lao. When Mary says, Mary,

to magnify the Lord, he does. What she's saying is

not to magnify God, now to make a small God big.

What she is saying is to tell us copically, magnify God.

If you feel that God is far away and distant

and small. When we magnify God, we begin to experience

Him for who he really is. We begin to see

the awesomeness of God. And when we see the awesomeness

of God, those big things that's big problems that are

facing us, we actually see it for what it really

is tiny compared to a big and God, a gracious God. Amen.

And that's why Mary was able to have a merry Christmas,

because she chose to magnify God for who he is.

Look at how he started. She started this. She started

by declaring the names of God, the God that she serves,

the God that she worshiped. Let's take a look at

it again. For my soul exalts the Lord. My spirit

has rejoiced in God, my Savior, the Mighty One, the

Holy One. This four words. She began to declare, God

is Lord over any situation. God is in control. Let

me tell you, whatever is happening, you may feel that

you're not in control. That's true, but God is in control.

God is in charge. She began to declare, God, my

God and my savior. Savior does not only mean salvation

from sin, but salvation from things that have befallen you.

God wants to save you even for those distressful and

problematic situations. God is also mighty, the Mighty One, as

it says in NSV. The Mighty One. God is mighty.

There's nothing he cannot do. There is nothing impossible with God.

And God is Holy, the Holy One of Israel, magnifying God.

When she began to declare that, you know, those big problems,

you know, in light of that God who's far seemingly

far away, My God is Lord, my God is Savior.

The problem becomes smaller. God becomes bigger. My God is mighty,

my God is holy. Then you see things in the

right perspective. You see the problems become microscopic, and you

begin to see a big God for who he really is.

And that's why when she recognize and declares this, when

you magnify God, you several ways to magnify. You think thanksgiving.

Some six sixty five says magnify the Lord with thanksgiving.

But here in luke On she says, I read, rejoice

okay over make God okay. Rejoicing magnifies God. So whatever

your situation is, begin to thank God that in spite

of that, that God is Lord, God is Savior. That's

how you begin. And I believe as she went through this,

she because she reflected on who her God is, she

declared three things about God that made her so hopeful,

that made her rejoice even more. And what are these

three things? She began to declare that God is mindful

say that with me mindful, it is a being. Our

mind is full. Look at verse four to eight, for

he has looked in the humble state of his servant.

For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed,

for He who is mighty has done great things for me.

You know. Can you imagine? The King of Kings and

the Lord of lords has chosen because she lived in

an obscure place. God's work of salvation began at an

obscure place, in an unknown teenager, in the middle of nowhere. Right,

such a humble beginning. The King of Kings, the creator

of heavens and Earth, chose this teenager, chose even to

dwell for nine months in the womb of that teenager.

Let me tell you God thinks about you a lot,

even as she is mindful of Mary his servant. He

is mindful of you, his mindful, his thoughts are about you.

His mind is full of concerns and thoughts and love

about you. That's what Ps. Chapter eight says. What is

man that you are mindful of him? And the son

of Man that you care for him? This is actually

what Mary was saying. I'm just a humble observant. How

how Lord, why someone hundred and thirty nine says, four

precious are your thoughts about me? Concerning me? Concerning you?

Do you know that? Maybe you don't realize it, maybe

because of what you have experienced, maybe of the negative

things that you've encountered. D to Van saying, are you

in the last this year? You think that God thinks highly?

Maybe can alimta the Lord. Maybe God does not hear me.

Maybe God does not really care about me. But let

me tell you the Bible says otherwise, how precious to

me are your words? If I were to count them,

they would be as numerous or more numerous than the

sand in the seashore, mas Madam, But easy the Lord,

dono ka bou hangin, then a'sa beach. Can you imagine

that God is thinking about you? You're the back. God

is thinking about you, and his thoughts about you are not.

He's not saying Hinda Bible in late Nanamah. No, his

thoughts about you are precious. His thoughts about you is encouraging. Wow.

This is my son and my daughter. They're precious to me,

and this is their destiny as they continue to follow me.

God's thoughts for you are precious God is always thinking

about you and remembering you. Who wants to know God's

thoughts about you? Anyone? Do you want to know what

God thinks about you? Can you raise your hand if

you want to know? Okay, sir, what's your name? Jerome? Okay?

Can you stand up? Jerome? Jerome? God just wants you

to know that you know this season, you feel like

as you serve Him, as you you tried everything, you

feel like they're you've been being pressed, you have. You

feel pressure in several sides, but the words even saying

you know, even in that pressure, I'm I'm releasing a

treasure inside of you because because there's something about your

faith and perseverance and you feel sometimes you feel like, Lord,

I'm gonna serve you no matter what, and God approves,

and God is going to reward. Do not give up,

my son, because I am a great rewarder for those

who diligently seek me. I know your sacrifices. I know

the times that you feel like you know okay, but

you always want okay, the extra mile for me, and

whatever you've done, it will return back to you because

in the next three months it will be a season

of returning back. It's gonna be coming back to you.

The sacrifices that you have, those are the thoughts of

God for you. Thank you. Listen. I don't have time

to go around. Okay, see Francis n Lam Okay after

the service doubtah okay, as I being thoughts to the

God for you. Let me tell you you go. You

can listen God, God's voice. You want to hear God's voice.

It's through the Bible, because that's His word. You read

it every day and you ask God, God, speak to me.

Man does not live on bread alone, but on every

word that proceeds from the mouth of God. You take time,

that's just to read. When you pray. Don't just tell God,

Lord Uncle, you slow down, you stop and you listen.

Let me tell you God will speak to you in

greater ways, more ways than you've ever imagined. That's why

in the season, in the season, in the midst of

the bustle, in the hustle of Christmas, you stop and

you listen. And that's how you will come encourage and

you will understand the mind of God for you not

to harm You give you hope and the future. Right,

That's what Mary understood this God, who is awesome, who's big.

He's thinking about this humble servant. He's thinking about you

and me. But not only that. God is not only mindful,

but God is mighty. Say that we need God is

mighty verse fifty one. For he has shown strength with

his arm. He has scattered the proud in the thoughts

of their hearts. Of course, it's very anthropomorphic. Or God,

who is spirit, is given human qualities if you may

the strength of his arm. In fact, the Bible normally

says God's arm is not too short to save. That

word strength that we're read in verse fifty one is

a very important word, peculiar word in the original language kractos,

which literally means the working of mighty deeds. That word

strength literally means God is working mighty deeds for you.

Imagine that, Hindi Lama ordinary Lord EuMA. You know, extraordinary

even impossible things, mighty deeds. God is a mighty God.

Let me tell you there is nothing impossible with him.

You know. In the ministry that I am in today,

in the spirit empowerment ministry, let me tell you I've

seen more of these things than ever before. But it's

not just for pastors, or for me, every single one,

every believer, everyone who believes and puts his faith in me.

This power is accallable. His strength is for you. His

strength he wants to work mighty deeds in your behalf Mary.

Remember Mary, how can this be? Angel? How can I

become pregnant? I'm a virgin? And of course the famous

reply in verse thirty seven and of Luke one, for

nothing is impossible with God. You know the word nothing,

but do you know what literally means? It means nothing

while I'm impossibly by Lord, nothing is impossible with God.

Let me tell you this very I like other translation

in the New NIV of the verse thirty seven, the

translation of nothing is impossible with God is for no

word from God will ever fail. They know why nothing

is impossible because whatever promised God has for you, he

will fulfill it. That is what the series is all about.

Promise fulfilled God is a promise keeping God. Every promise

that he has said he will keep it. He never fails.

No word of God will ever fail you. God's power

is made manifest through his promises. If you want to

see the power of God in your life, you hold

on and have faith in that promise. Persevere, do not waiver,

stand on his promise. Stand on that promise and watch God.

Sometimes you feel like we're holding onto the promise. Do

you know what? It's God's promise holding onto you, supporting you,

making sure that you make it. It's not about you,

It's about God. Do not waiver, Rejoice and declare and

magnify God through his promises through the Bible. You know,

let me share the story. I have a small group,

a victory group when I was in victory Ta Tepunan

and in You know, this is a very prayerful, a

woman of faith when the prayer and one of her

faith goals is that her blinks would get saved. Okay. Now,

her siblings who reside in the US are top medical doctors,

brilliant minds, talent and top medical doctors in the US,

practicing doctors. But they both of them are atheists. And

every time she would share with them, she would visit,

they would always argue, you know, why are you trying

to change us? Can't you just accept us? You know?

Is that the kind of Christianity that you cannot accept

who we are and what we are? So they and

a stalemate and she would always get frustrated. But one

day one I think one prayer and fasting, which will happen.

This is January, when you come back by January eighth. Okay,

this is a pray liude already, Okay, prayer and fasting.

She believed God. She stood in the promise of God

and Acts chapter sixteeded. But if you believe, you and

your household will be saved. And for her it seems impossible.

Because Taladan elumbress for years trying nothing happened. And so

that year, you know, something happened to her. She actually

went through what we call a thyroid storm if you're

in a medical profession. There was something wrong with her

thyroid and so she got hospitalized. And long story short,

the carona water in lungs and she you know, had

as fixation ogay. In other words, she flatlined for ten

minutes because puna water in loss and she could not breathe,

and so they had to they had to remove the

water punch into her lungs before they can revive her.

So ten minutes flat line, well up dead okay. And

when they were able to revive her after ten minutes comatose,

and so all the family came including the two brothers

when they came doctors in the US. No more, there's

no more hope. But the husband began to declare and

stand on God's word. No Bible says in someone oh three.

I mean, if you read someone O three, it's very

very parallel to how Mary Okay magnifies. But anyway, it says,

there reba, praise the Lord, oh my soul, and forget

not his benefits, who heals us, who saves us. And

so every night he would declare, he would have a

prayer meeting in the hospital. They were given favor, and

so she would we would be there, and so every

night you would pray, and you know what, the two

brothers were there just observing in the prairie meeting because

and you know what, after ten days, when the doctor says, well, Pagassa,

she woke up from her comatos. And after that the

doctor they took a look at her as well. She

woke up. But she still, like you know, going to

be like a vegetable or tanagual adam. She will not

be able to go and live a normal life. But

every day he began to pray, and you know what,

there was a miracle within forty five days of declaring

and standing on the word of God, she got home

from the hospital fully healed. I mean, I not have

time to tell our story. But because of that incident,

the two brothers went to church and began to testify.

You know, there's no way, there's no physical way this

could have happened apart from a true and living and

powerful God. Let me tell you nothing is impossible with God.

Whatever you're going through today, that seems impossible, that seems

too big, let me tell you God is bigger than that.

I Behavian young lenznakinagamito. Okay, So God, Mary understood God

was mindful of her, That God is mighty in her behalf.

And finally, that God is merciful. Say that to be merciful,

Louid of Verse. God exalted those of humble estate. He

has filled the hungry with good things, and he has

helped his servant Israel. Those three words, you know, I mean,

who will God move for? He will not just move

for anyone, but he will move for those who are humble,

those who are hungry, and those who are helpless. In fact,

there's a contrast here about the proud, about those who

are arrogant. You know, the ministry of preparation preparing for

Jesus I described by John the Baptist. Every mountain will

be brought law and every valley will be filled up.

God is in the business of exalting the humble and

humbling the exalted. That's why I don't know about you,

but I would rather humble myself under God's mighty arm

and let him exalt me. Let him exalt you, because

if you exalt yourself, then God will be the one

to humble you. Because God opposes the proud but gives

grace to the humble. That's the state of Mary. That's

what God came in. And let me tell you, God

does a lot better job at doing both about humbling

and exalting people. But let me tell you this Christmas

season is a season that feeds on the discontentment of people.

That's why those commercials informercials, right, ads, But you need

to buy this, you need to get this. This is

a new model. Especially this Christmas season feeds on that discontentment. Right.

But the only discontentment that we should have is a

discontentment for more of God in our lives, because if not,

then you will be running after the wrong things. We

should be hungry for him. Only the hungry will be filled.

Have you ever tried to go to vikings or circles

or one of those buffet places. You will not be

able to be space. Right, some of you need space

for God. You need to make room for God in

your heart. You need to make room for God in

your life. In fact, that's another song of joy to

the world. Right, Let every heart prepare him room. You

need to make room for God. Don't just find a room,

make room for God. Anyway, that's beside the point. But

every the hungry will be failed. And God extends his

grace and mercy to the humble, to the hungry, to

the helpless. God, contrary to the saying that God helps

those who help themselves, God helps those who are helpless.

God looks and remembers, and is mindful and extends power

and help to the helpless. And let me tell you

as I close this evening, I believe God wants us

to experience the true meaning of Christmas. That's why this Christmas.

Instead of magnifying all these things, let us magnify God's greatness.

God's graciousness, as revealed in Jesus Christ. Amen, what kind

of songs are coming out of your mouth this Christmas?

Maybe you song you Pascuna sta. We need to sing

the right songs. What are you magnifying this season? Are

you magnifying your problems or God's promises? Let me tell you,

just like Mary, in spite of whatever situation you're going through,

magnificant could be real for us as we magnify God

in spite of what we are going through today. Let's

a bow down and pray. Father, thank you for your word.

Thank you that you have not left us or abandoned us,

your simply thinking and mindful of us.

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