3/14/14

3/14/14

A few days later Mary hurried to the hill country of Judea, to the town where Zechariah lived. She entered the house and greeted Elizabeth. At the sound of Mary's greeting, Elizabeth's child leaped within her, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. Elizabeth gave a glad cry and exclaimed to Mary, "God has blessed you above all women, and your child is blessed. Why am I so honored, that the mother of my Lord should visit me? When I heard your greeting, the baby in my womb jumped for joy. You are blessed because you believed that the Lord would do what he said." (Luke 1:39-45 NLT)

I love the line "Elizabeth's child leaped within her." John the Baptist was still in utero, yet he knew Who he was in the presence of. God made flesh was in Mary's womb, and this baby, John, conceived 6 months earlier, recognized little embryo Jesus, his Savior, in Mary's uterus. So what is different for us? Shouldn't we jump for joy when we are in the presence of Jesus? Shouldn't we be so excited that we can't hold it back? Well, every time we are in the midst of other believers, we should have this kind of joy. After all, the believers make up the body of Christ here on earth, and we are the hands and feet of Him also. So when we are in the presence of other believers, we should get excited, because we are in the presence of Jesus! Let's have this kind of joy when we congregate together this week.

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