Heard this song earlier and a phrase hit me like a ton of bricks, "Endless Hope Relentless Joy." Boy, do I need that right now after the day's news. There was another mass shooting, 14 dead, 17 wounded, some critical. I'm fighting the numbness created by all the news, everything reported with speculation and opinions flying. Information overload…
But I heard this song and was reminded that this battle isn't mine. The enemy isn't flesh and blood. The only way I can deal with this enemy is to fall to my knees in prayer… praying to a God who is cares, who is in control, who knows the outcome of all of this… madness. And I realize this is where I need to be, not on some soapbox shouting to the world to stop its war-mongering and head-in-the-sand posturing. I'm just part of the noise.
In today's devotional in Good News of Great Joy, Mary's beautiful Magnificat is shared; an humble woman's acknowledgement of a great God and His perfect plan. The key word in that statement is "humble."
The only people whose soul can truly magnify the Lord are people like Elizabeth and Mary—people who acknowledge their lowly estate and are overwhelmed by the condescension of the magnificent God.
How low I, a proud woman, am brought by this devotional tonight.
And how perfect this song is, to me at least… Jesus didn't come as a powerful king, or some nobleman with the power and might to make things right with his power and might. He came as a baby boy, helpless, weak. But in that weakness, in that humility was God the Father's glory made manifest. In that weakness and humility, we discovered that God has far different plans than we think. As it was in the days of Jehoshaphat, it is today. This battle is not ours. This battle is the Lord's.
All Things Elda 