Advent at Ararat 2025 Days 8: The Lord can give you a new life-song.

“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. He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He has put down the mighty from their thrones, And exalted the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, And the rich He has sent away empty. He has helped His servant Israel, In remembrance of His mercy, As He spoke to our fathers, To Abraham and to his seed forever.””

‭‭Luke‬ ‭1‬:‭46‬-‭55‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

There is no way of knowing exactly what Mary’s life was like before God called her to be the Mother of the Savior of the world.

We can only guess that Mary was a respectable person in her daily life, devoted to God and His word. Case in point: her immediate acceptance of the Call. Notice, in her “Magnificat,” Mary references herself as “His maidservant.”

Indeed, Mary’s previous life may have been uneventful, or one peppered with turmoil and sadness. We just don’t know for sure.

What we do know about Mary is that God saw fit to choose her to be the Mother of our Lord.

Make no mistake, from the moment Mary received and accepted the message delivered to her by Gabriel, what her life had been before, would be overshadowed, swallowed up, by what her life was now as a chosen vessel of the Lord.

Significantly, Mary’s response to Elizabeth’s praise of her was a beautiful hymn, returning all glory to the Father.

Whatever Mary’s life-song had been to this point, she now had a new song; nothing would ever be the same again.

My mind recalls the words of David, regarding a “new song.”

“I will sing a new song to You, O God; On a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You, The One who gives salvation to kings, Who delivers David His servant From the deadly sword.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭144‬:‭9‬-‭10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Notice, David’s new song was to the Lord. Why? David knew that any of his victories, all the times he was saved from his enemies, were made possible by God and God alone.

For today, let’s meditate on this question: What is our life-song?

Does our heart beat to the rhythm of a “somebody done somebody wrong song”? Is our life-song sorrowful? Is it filled with regrets and hurt?

Remember, no matter what your song was BEFORE accepting God’s call through Jesus Christ, it should now be a song of gratitude and joy for the great things He has done.

Additionally, our life-song should look forward to the great things God has prepared for us as we rule and reign with Him throughout eternity.

Child of God, don’t allow the enemy of your soul to have you still singing the song he wrote for you. Allow God’s Spirit to fill you with a new song; you have been chosen for the life of Christ to be formed in you!

Peace to you.

Jesus is coming! Get ready for Him!