A Savior Is Born - Luke 1: 46-50

And Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant; for behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed. For He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name. And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation.”- Luke 1: 46-50
   
    Mary, the mother of our Lord, Jesus, had traveled to spend some time with her cousin Elizabeth, prior to the birth of her cousin’s child, John. Elizabeth greeted Mary, calling her “blessed’ and questioned why the mother of the Lord would come to her. God had so filled both of these women that there was the unquestioned presence of the Holy Spirit within each of them. Elizabeth knew the child she was carrying was to be a Spirit-filled man yet she also knew the child within her sister was the promised Messiah, “the Lord.”
    Mary responded to her cousin with “The Magnificat,” her song of praise.
    In many ways we should all echo Mary’s praise. We rejoice in God our Savior. He is mighty who has done great things for us. His mercy is on those who fear Him.   
    As a Christmas message we can all take confidence in a Savior who is for us and done great things for us. “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?” - Romans 8:31. We know we have God’s mercy because we fear Him, and rightfully so because our God is an awesome God! “And I said: ‘I pray, Lord God of heaven, O great and awesome God, You who keep Your covenant and mercy with those who love You and observe Your commandments,’” - Nehemiah 1:5.
    Mary glorifies God as she realizes she has been chosen to give birth to her Savior, to our Savior! There is spiritual power in her song to God. She is expressing her joy, her faith, and her thanks to Him with humility and  reverence! And the most amazing thing is that as she did so “the Savior” was but a growing infant in her blessed womb. Not yet a swaddled infant, the Savior of the world, our King, our Lord, Jesus “the Christ” was yet to be born. Is there any wonder that Elizabeth’s child “leaped in her womb” upon their meeting? The utter power and strength of the Spirit of God was at work in Mary’s life and the life of her child even before His birth! This is the power of the Living God - that even before our prayers and supplications He is at work within our souls. “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love, having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will, to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved.” - Ephesians 1:3-6. What is not to praise?
    Within Mary grew the child who would walk on water, heal the sick, raise the dead, and become the Savior of God’s people! Could God have done it differently? God can do anything but He chose to send His Son to be like us - to save us. “Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.” - Hebrews 2:17. 
    While Mary carried the unborn Savior from Immaculate Conception to birth, the Spirit of God was breathing holiness within her. That absolute perfect holiness took the form of the Son of Man, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! God bless us all and may we all have a Merry Christmas!