Mary Did You Know?
I’ve never been a mom, and I don’t think I can even properly imagine what it is like to have a life grow and develop in you, and then give birth to a baby.
Did you ever wonder or imagine what would become of that child when they kick you in the side, or when you first hold that child in your arms and stare into their eyes? Did you ever wonder how important that child will be?
I have to say that one of my favorite Christmas songs which is played this time of the year asks that question of Mary, the mother of Jesus. The song is called, ‘Mary did you know’, and if you don’t know it, the song goes like this:
Mary Did You Know Mary did you know that your baby boy will one day walk on water?
Mary did you know that your baby boy will 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?
And when you kiss your little baby, you have kissed the face of God.
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?
And when you kiss your little baby, you have kissed the face of God.
The blind will see, the deaf will hear and the dead will live again.
The lame will leap, the sums will speak, the praises of the lamb.
The lame will leap, the sums 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 will one day rule the nations?
Did you know that your baby boy is heaven’s perfect Lamb?
This sleeping child you’re holding is the great I am.
Mary did you know that your baby boy will one day rule the nations?
Did you know that your baby boy is heaven’s perfect Lamb?
This sleeping child you’re holding is the great I am.
As Paul Harvey would put it, ‘We know the rest of the story,’ where-as Mary did not. I don’t think anyone on earth fully understood who Jesus was and what He was about to do in those 33 years that would follow; especially the last few years of His life on earth with us.
For some reason I feel that God put it on my heart to take a closer look at this song and what it has to say in light of what scripture teaches us about Jesus.
As I looked a little closer at this song I recognized what the song writer thought was important as he wondered about Mary’s thoughts as she held her new born son in her arms.
As I looked a little closer at this song I recognized what the song writer thought was important as he wondered about Mary’s thoughts as she held her new born son in her arms.
#1, He wondered, ‘Did you know that your son one day would work awesome miracles? One day He would literally walk on water, and calm storms, and even heal people, like giving sight to the blind, hearing to the deaf, and enabling the lame and paralyzed to walk.’
Yes predictions were made about the miracles that Jesus would do even in Isaiah’s time. In chapter 35 Isaiah wrote,
Yes predictions were made about the miracles that Jesus would do even in Isaiah’s time. In chapter 35 Isaiah wrote,
“ The desert and the parched land will be glad; the wilderness will rejoice and blossom. Like the crocus, 2 it will burst into bloom; it will rejoice greatly and shout for joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.
3 Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way;
4 say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear;
your God will come, he will come with vengeance;
with divine retribution he will come to save you.”
5 Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. 6 Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
3 Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way;
4 say to those with fearful hearts, “Be strong, do not fear;
your God will come, he will come with vengeance;
with divine retribution he will come to save you.”
5 Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. 6 Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy. Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
Even Jesus alluded to what Isaiah wrote about Him as He began His ministry. After He returned from being tempted in the wilderness and before He began His ministry He went to a synogogue and read from Isaiah (Luke 4:16-21).
He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17 and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written:
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
Jesus would also raise the dead, and feed the multitudes with just a couple fish and a few pieces of Bread… Could Mary or anyone else have every imagined the things that Jesus would do when He grew older? I think not. Even when He did start doing those miracles people doubted Him. Some even in His own family. Mary did you know this?
#2, The song writer also asked if she knew that her little baby boy was going to be the Savior of not only her, but also the entire world, or all humanity. He asked, ‘Do you know that your baby boy is going to save your sons and daughters, and Mary do you know that he will soon deliver you make you new.’
And did you know that your little baby boy is heavens perfect lamb. Isaiah also spoke of this. Read Isaiah 53:1-8.
And did you know that your little baby boy is heavens perfect lamb. Isaiah also spoke of this. Read Isaiah 53:1-8.
“Who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
4 Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;
and the LORD has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.”
and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
4 Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to our own way;
and the LORD has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.”
John the baptist also calls Jesus the lamb of God Read John 1:29-31.
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ 31 I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to Israel.”
Jesus is our only hope. The only hope for mankind, the only hope for redemption was the one that God himself sent into the world, that little boy Mary held in her arms. Read Hebrews 10:4-10
“4 It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. 5 Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
but a body you prepared for me;
6 with burnt offerings and sin offerings
you were not pleased.
7 Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll—
I have come to do your will, my God.’”
8 First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”—though they were offered in accordance with the law. 9 Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.”
“4 It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. 5 Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
but a body you prepared for me;
6 with burnt offerings and sin offerings
you were not pleased.
7 Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll—
I have come to do your will, my God.’”
8 First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”—though they were offered in accordance with the law. 9 Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.”
Jesus is the body that the Hebrew writer is referring to; the one that God Himself prepared as the ultimate sacrifice for us. Mary did you know this?
#3 And finally, our song writer, ‘Do you realize who you are holding, who you are kissing. He is God, The Lord of all creation. He is the great “I Am.” And one day He will rule all the nations.
Hebrews 1:1-3 say,
In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. 4 So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.
Hebrews 1:1-3 say,
In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. 4 So he became as much superior to the angels as the name he has inherited is superior to theirs.
Yes this is our Jesus. HE IS GOD! Mary did you know this? Click on this Play Song and video
Mary did you know? A better question do you know who He is? Do your friends and family know who He is and what He has done for us and the wonderful gift that God has given us?
Yes its just a song that’s sung at Christmas, but we need to be reminded throughout the year just how precious that little boy was, and is.
Yes its just a song that’s sung at Christmas, but we need to be reminded throughout the year just how precious that little boy was, and is.