The Relatable Reversal | Luke 1:39-56
Sermon Summary:
Some things that you experience in life are so strange and unrelatable to most people. Usually we try to seek other people out who have gone through similar life experiences. Mary and Elizabeth are both going through unique circumstances. Both have received outlandish news from an angel and both are now impossibly pregnant! This is unrelatable to the rest of humanity. Mary eventually sings a song of praise, known as the Magnificat. In this song, she describes how God reverses the world’s expectations in the way He brings salvation. What she sings about will be relatable to all people: the proud and arrogant and ungodly will fall from their seemingly secure positions, while the humble, lowly ones who trust in God will be raised up and graciously blessed. All people will be able to relate to these experiences.
There is great value in finding people who have shared a similar life experience to you.
Mary and Elizabeth were probably the only two people who could relate to each other.
But we even see here that Mary’s experience is unrelatable to Elizabeth!
Ultimately, in God’s kingdom, everyone will experience His great reversal of the world’s expectations.
Mary’s song shows the ups and downs God will bring.
All the proud and mighty will be brought low.
All the humble and dependent will be lifted up and blessed.
We share in the relatable reversal of God.
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