Advent at Ararat - Day 8: The Lord gives 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 what kind of life Mary had lived up until the time of the Lord‘s calling her to be the mother of the Savior of the world. We can guess that she was a respectable person in her daily life and was probably devoted to the Lord. We don’t know much else about who she had been up until the moment Gabriel delivered that awesome message from the Lord. Her previous life may have been uneventful or one peppered with turmoil and sadness. What we do know about Mary is that she was chosen by the Lord to be the mother of the Christ.

Make no mistake, from the moment that message was delivered to Mary by Gabriel and she accepted the call, what her life had been before would be overshadowed by what her life was now as the chosen of the Lord.

Mary’s response to Elizabeth’s praise of her was a beautiful song of praise back to the Father. Whatever Mary’s life song had been to this point, she now had a new song and nothing would ever be the same again.

My mind goes to the words of David:

“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

For today meditate on this question: what is your life song? Is it a “somebody done somebody wrong song”? Is it a sorrowful song? Is it a song of regrets or of hurt?

Remember, no matter what your song was before saying yes to the Lord’s call, it should now be a song of gratitude and joy for the great things God has done.

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

Don’t allow the enemy of your soul to have you still singing the song he wrote for you. Allow the Lord to fill you—as He did for Mary—with a new song of praise for the great things the Lord has done!

Peace to you.

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