“My soul magnifies the Lord, 47 And my spirit has rejoiced in God my
Savior.
48 For He has regarded the
lowly state of His maidservant; For behold,
henceforth all generations will call me blessed. 49 For He who is mighty has done great
things for me, And holy is His name. 50 And
His mercy is on those who fear Him From
generation to generation. 51 He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the
imagination of their hearts.
52 He has put down the mighty
from their thrones, And exalted the
lowly.
53 He has filled the
hungry with good things, And the rich
He has sent away empty. 54 He has helped His servant Israel, In remembrance of His mercy, 5 As
He spoke to our fathers, To Abraham and
to his seed forever.”
* Jesus spoke Aramaic. In Aramaic His mother’s name is
Maryam.
46 فَقَالَتْ مَرْيَمُ: «تُعَظِّمُ نَفْسِي الرَّبَّ،
47
وَتَبْتَهِجُ رُوحِي بِاللهِ مُخَلِّصِي.
48
فَإِنَّهُ نَظَرَ إِلَى تَوَاضُعِ أَمَتِهِ، وَهَا إِنَّ جَمِيعَ الأَجْيَالِ مِنَ
الآنَ فَصَاعِداً سَوْفَ تُطَوِّبُنِي.
49
فَإِنَّ الْقَدِيرَ قَدْ فَعَلَ بِي أُمُوراً عَظِيمَةً، قُدُّوسٌ اسْمُهُ،
50
وَرَحْمَتُهُ لِلَّذِينَ يَتَّقُونَهُ جِيلاً بَعْدَ جِيلٍ.
51
عَمِلَ بِذِرَاعِهِ قُوَّةً؛ شَتَّتَ الْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ فِي نِيَّاتِ قُلُوبِهِمْ.
52
أَنْزَلَ الْمُقْتَدِريِنَ عَنْ عُرُوشِهِمْ، وَرَفَعَ الْمُتَوَاضِعِينَ.
53
أَشْبَعَ الْجِيَاعَ خَيْرَاتٍ، وَصَرَفَ الأَغْنِيَاءَ فَارِغِينَ.
54 أَعَانَ إِسْرَائِيلَ فَتَاهُ، مُتَذَكِّراً
الرَّحْمَةَ،
55 كَمَا تَكَلَّمَ إِلَى
آبَائِنَا، لإِبْرَاهِيمَ وَنَسْلِهِ إِلَى الأَبَدِ».
Luke 1:3955
Maryam’s psalm of
praise reveals a repeated use of the terminology and theology of the Old
Testament. It is obvious that Maryam was very well versed in the Old Testament
and accordingly her hymn demonstrates that.
Maryam’s praise begins
with her grateful response to the grace God has shown to her, a humble servant
of the Lord. Maryam does not in any way view herself as better or holier than anyone else. She views herself as
the Lord’s servant, whose humble estate is the occasion for His mercy and
grace. There is no hint that she thinks God has chosen her to be the mother of
Messiah due to her blessedness, but rather that her blessedness is the result
of God’s sovereign and gracious choice to use her as His instrument.
Maryam saw her blessing
as but an illustration, one instance of God’s grace, which leads her to praise
God for His grace to all those who fear Him, from one generation to generation.
Maryam’s praise focuses on the faithfulness of God to His promises.
I invite you to repeat the following prayer for yourself:
Abba
Father, thank You for Your abundant blessings and
inseparable love. Lord, use me as one of
Your instruments that I may be blessed by Your sovereign and gracious
choice. Help me Lord to learn from Maryam, the mother of Jesus, to see myself
as Your servant and help me to feel joy in my spirit in my God my saviour.
Holy is
Your name LORD.
Thank
You God for Your faithfulness to Your promises. Lord, I join all the
generations to call Maryam, Mother of Jesus, as ‘blessed’. Lord, I praise You, I
glorify You and I rejoice in Your grace. In
the Holy Name of Jesus I pray.
‘Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly
abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in
us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever
and ever. Amen.’ Ephesians
3:20-21
Jesus loves you,
In Him,
Wagdi Henein
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