Advent: Week 3 | Day 1

December 12 | Luke 1:46-56

This is one of a couple of carols found in the Christmas story. Mary’s song, if you really dig into the lyrics, is best summarized by this simple line: “He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble.” In a time when rulers could force you to travel across country for a census, this humble little girl from a no-name town would give birth to a King! God was entering the world through the lives of the poor and forgotten. The powerful would be brought down and the humble lifted. This is only possible through God, for in every other area of life, the opposite happens. This means that without God’s intervention, the powerful will gain more power and the need for humility will be forgotten. 

Reflection

What areas of your life need to be “brought down?” What areas in your life need to be “lifted up?”

Prayer

God, the One who lifts up the humble, lower us, so we might be lifted up by you.