Remember, many years ago,  walking down the road and praying in  frustration, “God, it isn’t fair! You are asking me to do things that I cannot do!” I did not yet understand the ways of God. He always asks us to do things that, in ourselves, we cannot do. He chooses the “unlikely to do great things.” At the birth of  Jesus, we see this in a powerful way.

Jesus came out of a despised land! The people of Galilee were considered socially and morally inferior, yet Jesus identified with them. When Philip found Jesus, he said, “We have found the one that Moses wrote about in the law and about whom the prophets also wrote – Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. Nazareth! Can anything good come from there, Nathaniel asked?” (John 1:45, 46)

Jesus was born in a manger! He was not born in a  kingly palace, but a place where animals lived.

Jesus was visited by the lowly shepherds! Jesus first visitors were not religious or political leaders. His first visitors were a group of people that were on the same social level as tax collectors. Shepherds were marginalized by society of that day, yet God chose to announce to them His Son’s birth. Angel armies appeared to those that society wanted nothing to do with. The glory of God was revealed to those who had no earthly glory.

God chose a seemingly insignificant young woman to give birth to His Son. Mary was not famous or well-known. In fact, her own testimony was that God had “regarded the low-estate of His handmaiden.” (Luke 1:48) She must have experienced much rejection because of her pregnancy, but God did not reject her.

God chooses the humble and honors them! He chooses those rejected by man and lifts them up! He chooses the unlikely, the insignificant and does wonders through them!

How about you? Do you feel insignificant and lacking? Congratulations! You are God’s...

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