Friday 30 November 2012

Deuteronomy 8



 "He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty."
 {Luke 1:53} (NIV1984)

This beautiful song of Mary, not only exalts her Great God, but also reveals her life circumstances. She is in a humble state; she is aware of her need for mercy, and she is hungry. The rich did not go hungry in her age. She has seen the hungry stay hungry and the rich eat tremendous feasts. This hunger that she speaks of, seems to be a hunger for salvation. A hunger for things to be made right; for God’s righteous rule to be established, and the tyranny to be over. 

Her exclamation that the hungry are filled (past tense) is an exclamation based on faith; she believes that this life inside her is the Righteous King who will make all things right, but it is also based on history. God led the Israelites into a desert where there was no water or food, to humble them and to teach them to look to Him for everything, and then He filled them with food, water, money and land of their own. 

It is hard for us to imagine that being hungry is a place of blessing, but in God’s kingdom, it is exactly that - a place of blessing. This is how God operates. He fills the hungry. I think of what it says in James 1:9, The brother in humble circumstances ought to take pride in his high position. What high position is that? The position of being in need and looking to God to fill that need, that is a high position in the kingdom of God.



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