“Tis the season”

Read Luke 1:46b-55

Mary sings the magnificat, a mighty song of praise to the God who allowed her to carry the Savior to an inauspicious birth in a manger in Bethlehem.

“I am bursting with God-news,” Mary says in The Message.

“I am dancing the song of my Savior God,” it goes on to say.

I am captivated by these two descriptions of praising God for the good God has done.

Are we capable, in this Advent Season, of “bursting with “God-news?” Just what is God doing in us, through us and around us?

What is our passion regarding The God of our salvation in Jesus Christ?

Mary has come to terms with her blessed calling to be the mother of Jesus. The confusion and fear are gone. She has reached the point of rejoicing, even though there are many difficult days ahead.

Reading this passage over and over, are we able to grasp the fullness of Mary’s capacity to rejoice in her blessedness?

How does this song claim in us the latent desire to sing and dance the joy of God’s love in Jesus Christ?

“Tis the season,” you know!

Moving to the deeper places,
Jeff