Sunday, December 27, 2015

Song of Mary

Meditation of Mary's song

The song "Mary did you know", when i first heard it, i was thinking why the song writer is asking so many questions to Mary.
like Mary did you know that your baby boy will one day walk on water.
Mary did you know that your baby boy heal the blind.

Yes it is a song praise in the form of a question.
But after listening to this song again and again, i wanted to know what Mary knows.So I said let me look in scripture abut what Mary knows.
Then i found this song.

You should know a teenage girl about 15 to 16 years age.
The Romans Catholics idolise mary and evangelical christians neglect how God used Mary.
But one thing we should know is God has chosen Mary.
out of all the young women who were there in the land of israel, when God wanted to send His only Son Jesus Christ, He chose Mary.

The only thing that she knew about the baby is what angel Gabriel told her.
V 31 "you shall name Him Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; 33 and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end."

And this song that she sings when she met her relative Elizabeth.
In this song you will really know what Mary knows about her God.

V 48. Man is body soul and spirit being.

Mary says, Her Spirit rejoices in God my savior.
and Her Soul exalts/magnifies God.

Lets take an example, suppose you take joy in the way certain sportsperson play.
If you take joy in the way that he plays, then in your every talk you will exalt that person, you will talk good about that person, you will elevate. you try to wear his printed t shirts.

what Mary says is in my Spirit, I rejoice in my Savior. and so my Soul exalts my Lord.

how many 15 year old teenage girl can say these words. only a girl who is deeply in love with God can say these words.


V 48. She realized that God has regarded the humble state of His bondslave.

we seen that all apostles considered themselves as bond slaves of Jesus Christ.
that is after they were filled with Holy Spirit.
When angel brought her the Word, despite her questions she said, Let it be done according to your word.
But here is teenage girl who considers herself as bond slave. today when most of the teenagers are bondlaves of gadgets, fashions, here is a girl who who can say Lord I am your bondslave and you looked at my humble state.

You may ask Mary did you know your baby boy will one day walk on water.
She will say i know my Gods Name is Holy.

If you ask Mary did you know that your baby boy will heal the sick.
She will say i know my God has done great things. No wonder He will do all these things that you are asking. that is her faith.

Verse 52.
One thing Mary realized is that God resist the proud, but exalts the humble.

Verse 53 is a crucial verse.
He sent away the rich who thought they have everything, but He filled the hungry with Good things.
When rich is mentioned, you can say wherever you don't seek God you can consider that as richness.
because the biggest sin a man can do is not depending on God. and one who is rich and does not need God they will be sent away empty handed.

But one who is hungry for God will be rewarded. Mary as a teenager was hungry for God. and what other good can come to her, that the womb of this girl is chosen as an entry point for the savior to come into this world.

She is so hungry for God. God blessed her with Savior. He did not bless her with all the richness of the world. How do you know? even after the birth of savior, she is still poor and when she took Lord Jesus for dedication Luke 2: 22- 24, they brought turtle doves.

what Mary knows is God is God who keeps His Promises. She knows all the promises are Yes and Amen.


Chruch, this song is not to say great things about Mary, but taken this so that Church will be encouraged through the life of Mary.

Sunday, December 20, 2015

Psalm 62

Waiting upon God.

WaitingRoom is a place where life looks like has come to a halt.

When have to meet somebody at say 10.30 and that person is late and you are waiting, that wait is unbearable.

when you go to doctors office, lets say they give an appointment at 10, and when you go in at 10 the wait will be like forever.


Waiting has 3 things.
Passage of Time
Confident Expectation
Waiting time is Seeking Time

Passage of Time
Psalm 130:5-6: “I wait for the LORD, my soul does wait, And in His word do I hope. My soul waits for the Lord More than the watchmen for the morning; Indeed, more than the watchmen for the morning,”

In Psalm 130:6, the psalmist says I will wait like a watchman waits.
The watchman watches the night times go hour by hour till he sees the morning.
the morning doesn't just in a twinkling second. but there is a passage of testing time.

Confident Expectation
Another aspect of this verse is The watchman knows for sure that morning is coming.
The watchman has no doubt that morning is coming, he is sure about morning, he knows its only hours away. But we sometimes sit in Gods waiting room with out a surety. It is the faith factor.
God is not pleased if we wait without trusting in Him.

In Psalm 62, the psalmist is sure that He is my Rock, my Salvation, my Defense and he says I will not be greatly moved.
If a person does not have this hope, even though he is waiting he will be disturbed.

Waiting time is Seeking Time
Lamentations 3:25
The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,
To the soul who seeks Him.

When we enter doctors waiting room, we just sit and wait and watch for the call.
but its different in Gods waiting room, we need to seek Him in His waiting room.
Seek Him in your waiting, Learn about Him through Word. Learn praying in this waiting time.
It is in this secret place of waiting your life with God is built.
my testimony of waiting.

Bless with Mouth, Curse with Heart
Verse 4: Don't be like the wicked who bless with their mouth, but curses inwardly.
If you have something , go and ask directly that is better for you rather than saying Blessings with mouth and inwardly cursing.
that's what happened with Miriam and Aaron whenever they see Moses , Brother Praise the Lord.
but they go into the tent and says, Does God only speak through Moses. Aren't we Important ?

Verse 10.
If Riches increase do not set your heart on them.

The problem is not with the riches, the problem is with your heart set on them.
As you know I joined this new job, i got a good hike from my previous job, the first thing I started doing is calculating how much tithe.

This heart is always prone towards riches, but set your heart on God, that will bring a blessing, wait on God with solid hope and trust and during this wait seek Him earnestly.





Saturday, December 12, 2015

Psalm 61


Psalm 61 is a psalm written by King David.
This psalm starts with a prayer and ends with praise.
How good it will be if every prayer ends like that.

our God is a God who hears the prayers of His people.
Today if you are praying , this psalm encourages that wait for that praise.
Today you might be waiting for a job, blessing of a child, breakthrough in family life, or for a marriage or healing. Don't give up on your cry to the Lord.




From the ends of the earth I will cry out to you.

When you are not among your known people, when you are not in your familiar situations, when you are not in your comfort zones, any place will be like the ends of the earth.
Davids comfort zone is Jerusalem, it is the place where He worshiped God along with other saints.
But when his son absalom rebelled against him and he was running away, he was in wilderness  and he is in strange situations and overwhelming situations, and he calls those places as ends of the earth.
But for David, place doesn't matter, He always calls on God.
for some people, they pray only when they come to Church. for some people they need some occasion like Christmas.
what this teaches us sometimes is that we may at the remotest part of this world or in strangest situation , but our God is just a prayer away. Be quick to pray.

An African missionary story about the hot water bottle and doll.


Lead me to the Rock that is Higher than I.

The place where the psalmist is, or the level where he is - he thinks enemy might attack him.
So David is asking God to take him to that place or the Rock which is Higher than I.

Imagine a sailor who is on a ship and because of the waves or mighty storms, the ship is uncontrollable and now what the sailor will be looking for is a Rock which is at a higher than him.
He wont be looking for a rock below him, or he wont be looking for a rock which is just appearing out of the sea. But he will be looking for a Rock which Higher in place where he can stand and be at rest and secured from all the tossing waves and storms.

David in the midst of the storms, calls out to God the Father , asking to lead Him to that Rock of Ages ( that is Lord Jesus Christ)  and who is there to lead him is the Spirit of God.

Let us ask God to lead us to the Rock that is Higher than us. To get us out of the attacks of the enemy.
Sometimes if the issue we are going through is something solvable or can dealt with then we will pray.
But if the situation is too big then we try to seek peoples help.

Honor God through prayer.

Among those in the court of Alexander the Great was a philosopher of outstanding ability but little money. He asked Alexander for financial help and was told to draw whatever he needed from the imperial treasury. But when the man requested an amount equal to $50,000, he was refused--the treasurer needing to verify that such a large sum was authorized. When he asked Alexander, the ruler replied, "Pay the money at once. The philosopher has done me a singular honor. By the largeness of his request he shows that he has understood both my wealth and generosity."



Verse 4: Security is in the tabernacle of God.
In the presence of God is the security for mankind. Their lives are secured from eternal death, their lives are secured from the attacks of the enemy.

colorado girl story .