Today's readings are Psalm 111:1-6, 10, Isaiah 60:1-22, and Luke 1:39-56.
God's works are great indeed! This is the message that we receive as we read over the Psalm and Old Testament passages for today. It is very easy to focus on what God has given us as his blessings yet overlook the very God who gives the blessings. Yet we are called again and again to look at creation as a reflection of some of the glory of God, who is much greater than all he has made.
Where do we find this blessing in our reading from the Gospel? We find that God the Son, Jesus, even when unborn, is able to bring realization of his presence to his cousin, John, who is also unborn. See how Elizabeth greets Mary as the mother of her Lord. We see that God has blessed Mary by making her the one who would bear Jesus, the true Son of God, the one who will save his people from their sins. This is another example of God himself being present in creation, a creation that he is much greater than, yet blessing his creation with his presence and his care.
Do we trust that our Lord will bless us with his presence and his care? He has done so in the past calendar year and we can have confidence that he will do so again in the year to come. Thanks be to God for his care for our world.
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