PEACE MAGNIFIES

PEACE MAGNIFIES

Monday, August 19, 2019

Luke [MKJV] chapter 1 …  the angel came in to her [Mary] and said, Hail, one receiving grace, the Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women … blessed is she who believes, for there shall be a perfecting of those things which were told her from the Lord. And Mary said, My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. For He looked on the humiliation of His slave woman. For, behold, from now on all generations shall count me blessed. For the Mighty One 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 worked power with His arm, He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their heart. He has put down rulers from their seats and exalted the lowly, He has filled the hungry with good things, and He has sent away the rich empty. He has helped His servant Israel, in remembrance of His mercy, as He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed forever. …

  Mary, though in her society’s eyes an unwed pregnant teen, a status very much snubbed in that day’s community, had the “peace that passeth all understanding” long before the Apostle Paul understood, accepted, and wrote of it. (Phil.4:4-13) Mary declared aloud that her soul at-peace trusting God magnified the Lord!

  I have never been or shall be in Mary’s condition, but have been so otherwise; unexpected stress being common to life. Personal peace through trusting the Lord is not normal in life. Sadly, trusting Him for the free gift of eternal salvation too often is separate from accepting operative exercise of trusting Him for peace.

  There is more to peace than personal serenity. In our living, we have the potential to enlarge the Lord, or minimize Him in our life. Biblical peace is pleasing to God allowing increased Logos (by the Word) edification, the increase making for greater peace, greater peace allowing for further edification, -->>>>.

  Hear God’s Word: “Never worry about anything. But in every situation let God know what you need in prayers and requests while giving thanks. Then God's peace, which goes beyond anything we can imagine, will guard your thoughts and emotions through Christ Jesus.” (GW Phil.4:6-7)

  Let us trust Him for the peace unlike any peace the world offers. (Jn.14:27) And in His peace thereby mature in all ways pleasing God Almighty. And in maturation gain peace that enables the wonderful wheel to move forward and upward.

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