Christmas calls for a very specific type of message from the pulpit or from the stage. When one walks into church during the weeks leading up to Christmas morning, often they will hear a message similar to this: "Jesus used the ordinary poor teenage girl Mary to do an extraordinary thing-carry the Savior!"
Yet, here is what I am beginning to see. Mary is not ordinary at all. Yes she was poor. Yes she was young. Yes, she was even a woman! But to be ordinary in this world, those are not the factors. What makes someone ordinary? An ordinary person is someone who pursues glory or achieves it. It is someone who pursues power or achieves it. It is someone who hoards their money or gives to the poor only with recognition of their act. That is ordinary--- because it is expected. Because it is attached to the sinful nature of our world.
Extraordinary is submission. Extraordinary is a humble heart. Extraordinary is a kind spirit in the midst of ridicule.
Extraordinary is Mary.
Let us become extraordinary in the sight of The Lord. Let us stray from the ordinary. Maybe, He uses the extraordinary to do the extraordinary.
Luke Chapter 1
Hebrews 4:12
