Windows To Christmas: Mary

Unpack the greatest story ever told in our Windows to Christmas series that offers four unique views into the Christmas story. This week, Tim Matthews shares from the perspective of Mary and reveals how she was a worshipper, feeler, thinker, seeker, and servant.Sermon HighlightsLUKE 1:26-38 (ESV)“26 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary. 28 And he came to her and said, “Greetings, O favored one, the Lord is with you!” 29 But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and tried to discern what sort of greeting this might be. 30 And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.” 34 And Mary said to the angel, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?” 35 And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God. 36 And behold, your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. 37 For nothing will be impossible with God.” 38 And Mary said, “Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her."Mary is a worshipper. We don’t worship Mary. Why? Because Mary worshipped God and rightfully so because it was God who began this encounter we call Christmas. Mary is a feeler and thinker. Mary’s heart and head, her emotions, and intellect are fully engaged and affected by what Gabriel is saying. She is fully present. Mary is a seeker. Mary is leaning into the conversation by asking this question (V 34), with the limited information she has, she chooses to stay engage and ask how. Mary is a servant. Mary humbly confesses that she is the Lord’s servant and that her life is in the Lord’s hands. Mary says “Let it be according to your word. What you have spoken. What you have said that will come to pass. Let it be to me.”