[NFBF-Melbourne] DEVOTIONAL

[Dr. Joyce Taylor]

A Humble Beginning

The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the
Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the
Son of God. Luke 1:35

Generations of anticipation. Prophets foretold it and the people hoped for
it. There, in a simple town, it happened. The Son of God took on the
vulnerability, frailty, and weakness of man by beginning His life as we all
do—as a a baby. Holiness and power were made present in humanity. And to
Mary, He was born.

Do you think anyone imagined, after all the prophecies of Jesus’ coming,
that He would begin ‌His life on earth as a baby? That He would grow from an
infant to a child to a teenager to an adult, the same way that man has since
the offspring of Adam and Eve? Even during His ministry, people loved to
view Jesus as a conqueror—a man of power that was going to topple the Roman
government and establish Himself as their king. They wanted Jesus to show
His power in a way that gave them power, too. 

And yet Jesus was humble to His core. 

He willingly began His time on earth completely powerless, born to His
mother Mary into a simple life. 

Jesus went from being one with the Father in Heaven, powerful and supreme,
to willingly taking on a human beginning, being born as an infant inherently
dependent on others. Such humility marked His life and ministry. He did not
come to topple governments but, by His loving sacrifice, topple sin by
taking on a human life and then giving it up of His own accord. 

The Son of God. Mary’s son. God’s perfect plan made manifest at last.

Humility. It marked Him from the beginning. 

 

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