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by Pastor Mark Jeske
“He . . . has lifted up the humble. He has filled the hungry with
good things” (Luke 1:52,53).
Billie Holiday’s most famous song was a bitter lament that
people were stuck in their life destiny — “Them that’s got shall get; them
that’s not shall lose.”
It sure
does seem that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, doesn’t it?
Except
when God reverses everything.
Mary
must have laughed out loud to herself at the outrageousness and absurdity that
the King of kings should be born to a poor commoner like her.
“He . . . has lifted up the
humble. He has filled the hungry with good things” (Luke 1:52,53).
She
didn’t know the half of the humble part — she was probably expecting to give
birth in Nazareth with her mother and aunts around as midwives to help her with
the delivery.
But God
guided all of these humbling circumstances, and the baby was fine.
As she
predicted, humble Mary was indeed lifted up.
Though
she probably never became wealthy, this little “Nazareth nobody” has become the
most famous woman in the history of the world.
God
enjoys making great things out of small things and using ordinary people for
extraordinary missions.
If you
feel small and insignificant, Mary would counsel you to not look surprised when
God taps you for something big.
Pastor
Mark Jeske
brought the good news of Jesus Christ to viewers of Time of Grace for 18 years.
He is currently the senior pastor at St. Marcus Church, a thriving
multicultural congregation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Mark is the author of
several books and dozens of devotional booklets on various topics. He and his
wife, Carol, have four adult children.
