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Today's post might pose more questions than answers but I thought it would be a cool topic to discuss. If you have any thoughts on it please leave a comment!
One of my new favorite Christmas songs this year is Mary Did You Know and I really fell in love with the version by Pentatonix. I never really paid attention to this song before but after listening to it a couple of times the questions in this song really sank in.
Here are three of the questions that really stood out to me:
- Mary did you know that the Child you delivered will soon deliver you?
- Mary did you know that when you kissed your little baby, you kissed the face of God?
- Mary did you know that your baby boy is Lord over all creation?
To try and answer the main question of if she knew in general, I am going to start by looking at Luke 1:28-38, I am just going to paraphrase the text here but feel free to look up the story.
An angel appeared before Mary and told her that she had found favor in the Lord. Mary was troubled but the angel said:
“Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor 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.”
Mary questioned about how this could be and the Angel told her how. Mary then answered, "let it be as you have told me" and the angel left her.
Isn't it pretty cool to think that this is the first real action in God's awaited plan? I also think that one of our answers lies in the text above. The angel told Mary what her son was going to be like and what his future was going to be. This somewhat gives a suggestion that Mary had a little hint of how important this child was and in John 2 -- when Jesus turned the water into wine -- Mary believed that Jesus could do it. I do not doubt that Mary had faith that Jesus was God's son and that He would be great and could do great things.
I don't know though if she knew/understood the whole reason why Jesus was here.
I also find it pretty amazing how when she held or kissed Jesus she also held and kissed God.
Even though we can't really answer the specific questions on this topic, I thought that it would interesting to ponder about them. If you have any more thoughts I would love to hear them.
Have a Merry, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
An angel appeared before Mary and told her that she had found favor in the Lord. Mary was troubled but the angel said:
“Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor 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.”
Mary questioned about how this could be and the Angel told her how. Mary then answered, "let it be as you have told me" and the angel left her.
Isn't it pretty cool to think that this is the first real action in God's awaited plan? I also think that one of our answers lies in the text above. The angel told Mary what her son was going to be like and what his future was going to be. This somewhat gives a suggestion that Mary had a little hint of how important this child was and in John 2 -- when Jesus turned the water into wine -- Mary believed that Jesus could do it. I do not doubt that Mary had faith that Jesus was God's son and that He would be great and could do great things.
I don't know though if she knew/understood the whole reason why Jesus was here.
I also find it pretty amazing how when she held or kissed Jesus she also held and kissed God.
Even though we can't really answer the specific questions on this topic, I thought that it would interesting to ponder about them. If you have any more thoughts I would love to hear them.
Have a Merry, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
