Crash the Chatterbox, Christmas Version
First and foremost, Merry Christmas to all who read the blog. It is going to be an especially good Christmas in the Jackson residence this year as it looks like that today, tomorrow, or whenever he gets good and ready, Karson my first grand baby will be born. So how appropriate on Christmas Eve that we talk about the well known mother from a couple of thousand years back, Mary mother of Jesus.
From reading today, Pastor Furtick makes this quote: "God's favor is not just a force to make our lives more convenient. It is a super natural reality that enables us to fulfill God's purpose." When the Angel of the Lord visited Mary, Luke 1:28 says that he said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored. The Lord is with you". Now wouldn't it be nice to hear an Angel of the Lord tell us we are favored and that the Lord was with us, but in verse 29, Mary tells the Angel she was afraid. Looking back and knowing the rest of the story, she had good reason, the next nine month's for Mary in that ancient culture would have been very difficult to say the least. And then to have the responsibility of raising the savior of all mankind. Mary's response in verse 29 shows a good understanding of the God's favor by Mary. She understood what Pastor Furtick was referring to in his quote. Favor is not just to make us feel good, it is help us do what we are called to do.
We can learn a lot from the pattern shown her by Mary.
1. She knew she was favored.
2. She knew God had chosen her for a task that was beyond her human ability.
3. She demonstrated how an understanding of God's favor makes God's children unstoppable in the face of situations that seem impossible and obstacles that seem immovable.
Now of course we celebrate the birth of Jesus at Christmas and of course we should remember the greatest gift ever given. While the truth is, none of us will ever be Jesus. There is only one Son of God and way unto salvation. We may however, be Mary. Hold on you say, there is only one virgin mother of Jesus, true but stay with me here. Mary was an ordinary person with an extraordinary purpose. Mary was not perfect, she had her faults, was just a teenage girl from a small village of in the Middle East. All of us are potentially Mary's in our own way. We all have a call, a purpose, a destiny however you want to say it to His assignments here on Earth.
Now as Pastor Furtick points out in his book, Mary said:
Thank you Mary for your obedience and faithfulness to the call. You were highly favored and your name has been blessed throughout history.
Merry Christmas
Coach J
From reading today, Pastor Furtick makes this quote: "God's favor is not just a force to make our lives more convenient. It is a super natural reality that enables us to fulfill God's purpose." When the Angel of the Lord visited Mary, Luke 1:28 says that he said, "Greetings, you who are highly favored. The Lord is with you". Now wouldn't it be nice to hear an Angel of the Lord tell us we are favored and that the Lord was with us, but in verse 29, Mary tells the Angel she was afraid. Looking back and knowing the rest of the story, she had good reason, the next nine month's for Mary in that ancient culture would have been very difficult to say the least. And then to have the responsibility of raising the savior of all mankind. Mary's response in verse 29 shows a good understanding of the God's favor by Mary. She understood what Pastor Furtick was referring to in his quote. Favor is not just to make us feel good, it is help us do what we are called to do.
We can learn a lot from the pattern shown her by Mary.
1. She knew she was favored.
2. She knew God had chosen her for a task that was beyond her human ability.
3. She demonstrated how an understanding of God's favor makes God's children unstoppable in the face of situations that seem impossible and obstacles that seem immovable.
Now of course we celebrate the birth of Jesus at Christmas and of course we should remember the greatest gift ever given. While the truth is, none of us will ever be Jesus. There is only one Son of God and way unto salvation. We may however, be Mary. Hold on you say, there is only one virgin mother of Jesus, true but stay with me here. Mary was an ordinary person with an extraordinary purpose. Mary was not perfect, she had her faults, was just a teenage girl from a small village of in the Middle East. All of us are potentially Mary's in our own way. We all have a call, a purpose, a destiny however you want to say it to His assignments here on Earth.
Now as Pastor Furtick points out in his book, Mary said:
- I am the Lord's Servant
- May it be to me
- I am blessed
- I am highly favored
- I am a friend of God
Thank you Mary for your obedience and faithfulness to the call. You were highly favored and your name has been blessed throughout history.
Merry Christmas
Coach J
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