A sword through your soul 

Reading: Luke  2:25-35

 

                                                              “A sword will pierce your own soul” (Lk 2:35)

 

The  angel told  Mary,  “Do not  be afraid, Mary;  you have  found favour with God. You will conceive  and give birth to a Son, and you are to call Him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,  and  He  will  reign over  Jacob’s descendants forever; His kingdom will never  end”  (Lk 1:30-33).  What  will be a teenager’s imagination if she were to be told the above? She would have thought her Son Jesus would  become  very famous; He would  drive  out the Romans and  sit  on Herod’s throne or even  the  Caesar Augustus’ throne; He would  rule  the  Jews in the  new kingdom like Solomon and  that she  would  be  the  queen mother. May  be everyday she expected something great to happen that would exalt Jesus. Nothing like that happened till His ignominious death.

 

As against her expectation Jesus lived as a carpenter’s son, and a carpenter. He was called a demon-possessed man and not the Son of the  Most  High. He had  no throne, He sat  on a boat.  He did not reign, He  served. He  wandered the  streets. He had  no kingdom. His  companions were  less  than ordinary men.  May be Mary  was disappointed, confused, doubtful. Her Son died a disgraceful death. She died poor without seeing her Son on a throne. Even  after His resurrection she  was  not  exalted.

 

In God’s work, we should not expect glory and  pomp  all the time. Mostly it is  labour, sweat, tears,  disappointments and discouragements. Elizabeth, Mary  Magdalene, Dorcas, Lydia  and the  many  women  of the  New  Testament all  played  vital  roles  in building the Kingdom of God.  For none  of them the role was easy.  Women  were taken  prisoners by  Saul  and  were put to death (Acts  22:4).

 

Any  woman who  wants to be  a Kingdom-builder is  not  only blessed but  also  blasted. You must have  the  courage to face  soul- stabbing problems. Whatever came her way till the end, Mary played her part faithfully. This  is the lesson we learn from  her.  Never  sit down seeing problems. Encouragements may  be there or may  not be there. Keep going  in your calling with faith. Our rewards are in heaven.

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 A sword through your soul 

Reading: Luke  2:25-35

 

                                                              “A sword will pierce your own soul” (Lk 2:35)

 

The  angel told  Mary,  “Do not  be afraid, Mary;  you have  found favour with God. You will conceive  and give birth to a Son, and you are to call Him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,  and  He  will  reign over  Jacob’s descendants forever; His kingdom will never  end”  (Lk 1:30-33).  What  will be a teenager’s imagination if she were to be told the above? She would have thought her Son Jesus would  become  very famous; He would  drive  out the Romans and  sit  on Herod’s throne or even  the  Caesar Augustus’ throne; He would  rule  the  Jews in the  new kingdom like Solomon and  that she  would  be  the  queen mother. May  be everyday she expected something great to happen that would exalt Jesus. Nothing like that happened till His ignominious death.

 

As against her expectation Jesus lived as a carpenter’s son, and a carpenter. He was called a demon-possessed man and not the Son of the  Most  High. He had  no throne, He sat  on a boat.  He did not reign, He  served. He  wandered the  streets. He had  no kingdom. His  companions were  less  than ordinary men.  May be Mary  was disappointed, confused, doubtful. Her Son died a disgraceful death. She died poor without seeing her Son on a throne. Even  after His resurrection she  was  not  exalted.

 

In God’s work, we should not expect glory and  pomp  all the time. Mostly it is  labour, sweat, tears,  disappointments and discouragements. Elizabeth, Mary  Magdalene, Dorcas, Lydia  and the  many  women  of the  New  Testament all  played  vital  roles  in building the Kingdom of God.  For none  of them the role was easy.  Women  were taken  prisoners by  Saul  and  were put to death (Acts  22:4).

 

Any  woman who  wants to be  a Kingdom-builder is  not  only blessed but  also  blasted. You must have  the  courage to face  soul- stabbing problems. Whatever came her way till the end, Mary played her part faithfully. This  is the lesson we learn from  her.  Never  sit down seeing problems. Encouragements may  be there or may  not be there. Keep going  in your calling with faith. Our rewards are in heaven.

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Dr. Lilian Stanley
13 Church Colony
Vellore 632006, India
 +91 9843511943
  lilianstanley@gmail.com

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  hq@bymonline.org
  www.bymonline.org

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