The Joy Of The World - Announcing The Birth Of Jesus PT 2

Christmas! That season when we commemorate the birth of our Lord and Savior – Jesus Christ. Of course we don’t know for certain that He was born on that day but it is the chosen day for celebrating His birth; that the world may know that our Saviour not only lived on earth but was so humble that He was born of a woman and in a manger. He certainly was an unusual Savior. How does a personality so big show up in such a lowly way? We thank Him for accepting to come in “fragile clay vessel” and also for completing His assignment which earned us the right to total liberty. Humility obviously works with confidence. Becoming a baby totally subject to the control of man not knowing what would happen while one was still too young to actually do anything if something where to go wrong, is humility that requires a lot of confidence. It could only have been Jesus Christ our Saviour who would take such risks for us. Indeed there is a lot of humbling and risk taking for a miracle to be fully manifest. Thank God also for Mary who endured such shame and John the Baptist who accepted his role as our Savior’s forerunner even when it seemed painful and when he was taunted by men. This is an example that should enlighten us about God’s mode of operation in, through and for man.   

2 Corinthians 4: 6 – 7 “For God, who said, ‘let there be light in the darkness,’ has made the light shine in our hearts so we could know the glory of God that is seen in the face of Jesus Christ. We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not ourselves.”

Even today, Godly miracles still require humility which start with God who has to come down that we may have these miracles. Every time God does something for man or in a man’s life, heaven touches earth; God comes down. For God is not “the thief who comes in through the back door;” He always comes legitimately which suggests that at least one person will have to be humble enough to be the vessel yielded to Him for the accomplishment of His purpose. It was once Mary; can it be you today? In this season, God still desires vessels He can use that someone else may have a miracle. Could that be you? I believe earth may have missed some “miracles” because there was none willing who would, like Mary, declare “be it unto me according to thy will.” I wish God would do it according to our will but He insist that it has to be done according to His will if it must be done. The interesting thing about God is the request to yield oneself a vessel for His use is often done directly and quietly. It is often a conversation between God and a man. As the process unfolds, God does not proffer any explanation to onlookers and often, not even to direct participants in the making of the miracle yet He is there strengthening and walking with one. However, the result and/or honour that accompanies that “secret service” is seen unlike the process. God knows how to really announce us so that we don’t need to fight to do that. For Heaven announced the birth of Jesus Christ and pointed Him out when it was time for Him to be revealed.

Mathew 6: 4KJV “That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.”

Acts 11: 23amp “and he continuously exhorted (warned, urged, and encouraged) them all to cleave unto and remain faithful to and devoted to the Lord with (resolute and steady) purpose of heart.”

How can we do His work if we have to also work at announcing ourselves? He demands our entire attention. He wants our spirit soul and body. God is to be pursued with singleness of mind. There is no way one can be busy announcing oneself as well as accomplishing His purpose effectively. So God gets busy with the announcing and also lets us know who we need to be spending time with because some relationships will never facilitate the birthing of one’s miracle; instead they may actually help to abort the miracle. At times like this, we must allow the Holy Spirit guide us into the right company and/or relationships. If God would take Mary all the way to Elizabeth and allow her spend a few months with her at the early stages of her pregnancy, I believe it must be important who we are with when our miracle begins to be birth. Much as Mary loved God and was willingly committed or yielded to God’s purpose, she had to be in a certain atmosphere at the initial stage of God working the miracle. No matter how “strong” we may think people are, words can sometimes wear them out so that God needs to shield them from contrary words and people so they don’t get weak and suffer abortion, premature or still birth of their miracles. It is never God’s plan for us to lack strength to birth our miracles when the times comes to do so. If however, we find ourselves lacking strength then we must remember that “He gives strength to the humble.”