Day 15
第15天
路加福音 1:46-55
46 馬利亞說：「我心尊主為大， 47 我靈以神我的救主為樂， 48 因為他顧念他使女的卑微。從今以後，萬代要稱我有福， 49 那有權能的為我成就了大事，他的名為聖！ 50 他憐憫敬畏他的人，直到世世代代。51 他用膀臂施展大能，那狂傲的人正心裡妄想就被他趕散了。 52 他叫有權柄的失位，叫卑賤的升高； 53 叫飢餓的得飽美食，叫富足的空手回去。 54 他扶助了他的僕人以色列， 55 為要記念亞伯拉罕和他的後裔，施憐憫直到永遠，正如從前對我們列祖所說的話。」
在聖靈的引導下，瑪麗亞的嘴唇向 神發出的讚美是多麼得美啊！這是一個真實的信徒發出的讚美，這個信徒知道自己的生命是多麼的卑微，而 神又是多麼的尊貴。當你想起這首讚歌是出自於一位年輕女子之口，而這位女子知道婚姻以外的懷孕會使她被人用石頭打死，她也知道若試著給別人解釋這不可思議的生產只能引起更多異樣的眼光，這時候你會不會因此而感動呢？她將面對這一切的艱難，然而這位 神的使女卻以讚美作為回應。
神對以色列，乃至全世界救恩的應許最終落在了生活在一座幾乎被遺棄的小鎮上的一個單身的猶大女子的身上。神就要來施行拯救了！瑪利亞的詩歌使我們回想起了在《出埃及記》中摩西和米利暗地詩歌。瑪利亞的靈以 神的聖潔和憐憫為樂，而 神的憐憫正表現在祂叫卑賤的升高；祂趕散狂傲的人；並且祂為敬畏祂的人成就了大事。
對歷世歷代的人都懷有如此不變的憐憫和信實的 神如今要兌現祂向亞伯拉罕的許諾了。萬國要因著以色列得祝福。世上最有權能得要被降卑，而世上最卑賤的要被升高。飢餓的要以美物餵飽他，口渴的也要因喝到活水而滿足。
這個讚美的詩歌被稱為 Magnificat（頌歌）。就讓聖靈帶領你的靈魂來回想 神的信實、基督的救恩、以及 神特別向你和你的家庭所作的所有美事，並且就讓你因著這一切而讚美 神吧。我心尊主為大， 我靈以神我的救主為樂... 那有權能的為我成就了大事，他的名為聖！
Luke 1:46-55
46 And Mary said:
“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,
55 As He spoke to our fathers,
To Abraham and to his seed forever.”
What Spirit-led, beautiful and personal praise from Mary’s lips. It is the praise of a true believer who knows exactly how humble her life is and how exactly exalted is the Lord. Are you moved to remember that this is praise coming from a young woman who knows that walking around pregnant outside of marriage could get her stoned and who knows that trying to explain such a miraculous birth could draw more than a few strange looks? She will face such hardship, yet this servant of God responds with praise.
All of the Lord’s promises for Israel’s salvation, and that of the world, narrows down and down to the life of a single Jewish girl in a forsaken little town. God is coming to save! Reminiscent of Moses’ and Miriam’s songs of the Exodus, Mary’s spirit rejoices for God’s holiness and mercy manifest in His powerful deliverance of the lowly which scatters the proud but does great things for those who fear Him.
The God who has been working generation to generation with this same steadfast mercy and faithfulness, will now fulfill the promise spoken to Abraham. All nations will be blessed through Israel. The world’s mightiest will fall. Its lowliest will rise. The hungry will be filled with good things. The thirsty will be satisfied with living water.
This praise is known as the Magnificat. Let the Spirit lead your soul to magnify the Lord as you personally remember God’s faithfulness, Christ’s salvation, and all of the specific ways God has been so good to you and your family. My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. For He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name.
All of the Lord’s promises for Israel’s salvation, and that of the world, narrows down and down to the life of a single Jewish girl in a forsaken little town. God is coming to save! Reminiscent of Moses’ and Miriam’s songs of the Exodus, Mary’s spirit rejoices for God’s holiness and mercy manifest in His powerful deliverance of the lowly which scatters the proud but does great things for those who fear Him.
The God who has been working generation to generation with this same steadfast mercy and faithfulness, will now fulfill the promise spoken to Abraham. All nations will be blessed through Israel. The world’s mightiest will fall. Its lowliest will rise. The hungry will be filled with good things. The thirsty will be satisfied with living water.
This praise is known as the Magnificat. Let the Spirit lead your soul to magnify the Lord as you personally remember God’s faithfulness, Christ’s salvation, and all of the specific ways God has been so good to you and your family. My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. For He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name.
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