The Exaltation of the Humble

Collin Deinum

|

December 14, 2025

Christmas reveals God’s upside-down plan through the story of Mary and the Incarnation. God chose a young girl from an insignificant town to bear the Savior, demonstrating His pattern of using the unlikely and overlooked. The Incarnation itself represents the ultimate impossibility – God becoming man through a virgin birth. Mary’s song celebrates how God brings down the mighty and lifts up the humble, with Jesus as the ultimate example. He became the lowliest so we could be made mighty. These impossibilities remind us that God specializes in accomplishing the impossible through inadequate people, offering hope to anyone who feels unqualified or unsavable.

Scripture: Luke 1:26-56

More from this series

Unto You is Born a Savior

December 24, 2025

Beholding Jesus Leads to Worship

December 21, 2025
Previous
Next

Connect Card

If you have any questions for us, please click the Connect Card button. We will get your question to the right person and they will reach out to you.