His mighty arm has done tremendous things! He has scattered the proud and haughty ones. He has brought down princes from their thrones and exalted the humble. He has filled the hungry with good things and sent the rich away with empty hands. He has helped his servant Israel and remembered to be merciful. For he made this promise to our ancestors, to Abraham and his children forever. Luke 1:51–55 (NLT)
Heavenly Father, I awoke today with a deep ache in my heart—an ache that makes Mary’s prayer timely and encouraging. I’m grateful beyond measure that you are a God who remembers to be merciful. With the gift of Jesus, you remembered all the promises you made to Abraham and to his descendants, which includes me. I’m humbled and overwhelmed.
You promised Abraham you’d take him to a land of your choosing to make of him a nation for great blessing. Israel became the “national womb” for the Messiah—through whom you are redeeming a family from every race, tribe, tongue and people group (Gen. 12–17). No one can fulfill these promises but you.
Like Mary, Abraham couldn’t have imagined how all of this would play out. But the promises you made to Abraham, and the prayer the Spirit prayed through Mary, all find their fulfillment in Jesus. I praise you for your memory and your mercy, Father.
As well, Father, thank you for remembering your promise to complete your good work in each of your children, and in your world. I’m so ready for glorification—to be made totally like Jesus (1Jn. 3:1-3). And I’m so ready to live in a world of no more brokenness, sin, and death; no more mourning, crying and pain; no more fractured relationships and unfulfilled longings; no more tensions, conflicts, and stress; no more cancer, Alzheimer’s, addictions, heart disease, or any disease.
Until that Day, thank you for being the Father of mercies and God of all comfort. Thank you for promising, and delivering, new mercies every morning, including this one. So very Amen I pray, with the faith of Abraham and the humility of Mary, in Jesus’ loving name.