Immaculate Conception

Scripture

Matthew 1: 18 “Now this is how Jesus the Messiah was born. His mother, Mary, was engaged to be married to Joseph. But while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant by the Holy Spirit” (New Living Translation).

 

Observation

There are many aspects about Christianity that make up the corpus of its belief system. This event, stated in a simple sentence would prove to be one of the greatest events ever listed amongst the Christian faith. God coming to earth as a child, born of a virgin, fathered by the Holy Spirit. With all of our education and knowledge of biology we know that this is humanly impossible. But Matthew records this was not only a human event with human constrictions. This was an Immaculate Conception that brought the Creator from the halls of heaven into His creation. The time of Immanuel had come.

 

Application

My human logic has been shaped and educated over the years to rationalise and test every claim made against a set of rules or laws. The Immaculate Conception goes against all of this logic and breaks all of the rules! Therefore my humanity cannot grasp this divine event and so faith enters. As I think about Mary receiving Christ, I am confronted by the concept of me receiving Christ into my own life. An Immaculate Conception took place in my life when I received Jesus as my Lord & Saviour. He came and birthed a new life in me when I was born again into his family. My life can now be pregnant with potential conceived by the Holy Spirit. And I have a choice – to try and rationalise this event or begin to live in faith as a newly born child of Christ.

 

Prayer

Jesus I thank you for new life. Being born into your family has been the best thing that could’ve ever happened to me. Thank you. May I live out all of the implanted potential the Holy Spirit has deposited in me and may I see your kingdom continue to bear many children.