Luke 1:29 But when she saw the Angel Gabriel, she was troubled at his saying, and considered what manner of greeting this was. Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found grace with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son and shall call His name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.”
Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?”
And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. For with God nothing will be impossible.”
Then Mary said, “Behold the handmaid of the Lord! Let it be done to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her. 38 Now Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, to a city of Judah, and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth
42 Then Elizabeth spoke out with a loud voice and said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb for behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.”
And Mary said:
“My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant; From henceforth all generations will call me blessed. For He who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is His name. And His mercy is on those who fear Him from generation to generation. He has shown strength with His arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He has put down the mighty from their thrones and exalted the lowly. He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty. He has helped His servant Israel, putting them in mind of His mercy, as He spoke to our fathers, To Abraham and to his seed forever.” And Mary remained with her about three months…
One person of Faith can turn the world upside down (change the current order – or restore God’s order Acts 17:6) (It is always God appointed - time, place, opportunity and voice – 1Timothy 2:1)
Changing the current order is often referred to as Activism (social, political, religious/spiritual). This is mostly self appointed (but God permitted) where a person or group defines themselves as THE ones who can bring about change, without regard to the activity of thousands of non-activists.
It can be delusional and disruptive but can also be temporarily effective. It can involve Totalitarianism, Despotism (Pharaoh, Herod) and Passivism (Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr.).
A.W. TOZER – The root of the Righteous)
A real Christian is an odd number, anyway.
He feels supreme love for One whom he has never seen;
talks familiarly every day to that someone he cannot see;
He expects to go to heaven on the virtue of another; empties himself in order to be full;
admits he is wrong so he can be declared right; goes down in order to get up;
is strongest when he is weakest; richest when he is poorest; happiest when he feels the worst.
He dies so that he can live; forsakes in order to have; gives away so he can keep;
sees the invisible; hears the inaudible; and knows that which passes knowledge.
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