Be Still And Know

Luke 1:51-53 '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.' Mary’s song is nothing less than revolutionary. She recognised that God isn’t in the business of merely rearranging society but turning it upside down. The world, dominated by power and self-interest, isn’t in need of a few tweaks or some fine tuning. It needs to be fundamentally reordered. That was clearly true of Mary’s society, dominated by the highly organised and ruthless Roman Empire, but is no less true today. Within just a few lines, this beautiful song takes us to the heart of Jesus’ ministry. It might have been thought that, since he was a king, Jesus would spend his time with the rich and influential. But right from the start of his ministry, he was surrounded by the poor and marginalised. Jesus’ first visitors were shepherds of all peopl