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Introduction: Have you ever planned one destination and ended up in somewhere completely different?
Maybe it was a good deviation in plans.
Maybe you headed for mcdonalds but ended up at Chic Fil A.
Matthew 1:1-
Or maybe you were headed on vacation, but wound up spending the weekend in the hospital.
But what about our lives?
What about the plans that we make.
Sometimes we can have our entire lives planned out by the time we are 6?
And then we wake up in our 30s or 40s or 50s and wonder, “How did I get here?”
What happens when the plans that we make don’t come to fruition?
Will your mourn the loss of your dreams, or will you embrace whatever else God has for you a little further up the road?
When this happens, you have good company.
Because in the Bible, God takes the small plans of people like Moses, Deborah, David, and sets them on a course to change history.
These weren’t great men or women who earned God’s grace and favor.
They were screw ups, has beens, nevershouldhaves.
For the intents, they were the wrong people for the job.
They didn’t make sens.
That was before God intervened.
There is perhaps no one where this is more true than Mary.
Mary’s story is notoriously difficult to preach on because so many of us bring our preconceived notions to the table.
If we have a catholic background, the story of Mary is filled so much mystery and superstition.
If you weren’t raised catholic, you were likely taught to resist the catholic’s veniration of Mary.
But the story of Mary is simply one of a girl who had made her plans and then God showed up (literally).
She was getting married, she’d be the simple wife of a carpenter.
Probably have children who hopefully when she was older would take care of her.
That would have been a good life.
But God intervened and and showed up that she was part of His plan.
Turn in your Bibles to
How do we know that Jesus was human?
He was born -
He grew in age - ,
He grew tired -
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He became physically weak -
There is a song that gets sung this time of year about the relationship between Jesus and Mary.
Mary did you know.
Tamar
He got tired in His journeys -
He died -
And just like any baby, Jesus was solely dependent upon Mary to survive in those first years of life.
Jesus Had emotions (contrary to what we see in a lot of movies).
Jesus cried -
Jesus was angry -
Jesus felt fear -
Jesus had a human mind
He increased in wisdom and in stature -
Mary did you know that your baby boy would one day walk on water?
Mary did you know that your baby boy would save our sons and daughters?
Did you know that your baby boy has come to make you new?
This child that you've delivered, will soon deliver you
Mary did you know that your baby boy will give sight to a blind man?
Mary did you know that your baby boy will calm a storm with his hand?
Did you know that your baby boy has walked where angels trod?
When you kiss your little baby, you kiss the face of God
Mary did you know?
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The blind will see, the deaf will hear, the dead will live again
The lame will leap, the dumb will speak, the praises of the lamb
Mary did you know that your baby boy is Lord of all creation?
Mary did you know that your baby boy would one day rule the nations?
Did you know that your baby boy is heaven's perfect lamb?
That sleeping child you're holding is the great I am
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Rahab
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For a little background, whereas the book of John was written to highlight the divinity of Jesus, the book of Luke was written to highlight the humanity of Jesus.
Even Luke’s geneaology, he starts with Jesus and traces His lineage all the way back to Adam (Matthew starts with Abraham).
If you’ve ever wondered why they are different, it’s because Matthew is the line of Joseph through Solomon (the line of Kings) whereas Luke record’s the line of Mary through David’s son Nathan.
It’s also interesting that Luke doesn’t record the visit by the angel to Joseph.
Luke is primarily interested in showing us that Jesus was a human.
And one of the defining characteristics of humanity is to be born.
And that’s where Mary comes into this story.
Luke
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Now imagine you’re Mary.
How would you have felt or reacted?
Mind you she’s likely 16.
Yet she demonstrated a faith and trust in God that is able to overcome her doubt.
So many questions.
And Mary is able to say, Let it be to me according to your word.”
If we can learn anything from Mary, and I think we can, it’s this: and it’s our big idea today.
Big Idea: Trust God’s plan even when it doesn’t make sense.
The Wife of Uriah (Bathsheba)
Mary
God chose Mary to be the mother of Jesus.
Jesus
1. Mary was always a part of God’s plan.
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Explanation: While the idea that God would come in the flesh is shocking, it is not without warning.
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