Mary's hymn is also a Prophetic song. It contains what God intends to do His people. Mary prophesied in that song the new word order that God would establish - about a world where the real Christian ideals reign.
William Barcley describes it this way: "A Christian society is a society where no man dares to have too much while others have too little,where every man must get only to give away." Mary spoke against the prevailing world order where lack of justice and equality was commonplace.
Christians must aspire to become prophets, like Mary, who can dare to speak against the evils of the world and act to eliminate them.Today's world needs prophets who can protest against humanity's inclination to acquire and possess; against all the hunger in the world brought about by man's own doing or lack of it; against man's insensitivity to the plight of the poor.
We also need prophets who can instill fear- the " fear of being driven away empty- handed" because of their evil appetite for that which belongs to others. We need to speak against man's desire for money and things, power and recognition.
We need prophets who can speak of the beauty and grandeur of God's reign and invite people to participate in it. We need prophets who can speak against humanity's foolishness of satiating their human desires with the ephemeral things rather than with God provides. We need prophets who can speak against humanity's own folly of thinking that we are self - made man and woman and that we can still move on with our lives without the help of God.
William Barcley describes it this way: "A Christian society is a society where no man dares to have too much while others have too little,where every man must get only to give away." Mary spoke against the prevailing world order where lack of justice and equality was commonplace.
Christians must aspire to become prophets, like Mary, who can dare to speak against the evils of the world and act to eliminate them.Today's world needs prophets who can protest against humanity's inclination to acquire and possess; against all the hunger in the world brought about by man's own doing or lack of it; against man's insensitivity to the plight of the poor.
We also need prophets who can instill fear- the " fear of being driven away empty- handed" because of their evil appetite for that which belongs to others. We need to speak against man's desire for money and things, power and recognition.
We need prophets who can speak of the beauty and grandeur of God's reign and invite people to participate in it. We need prophets who can speak against humanity's foolishness of satiating their human desires with the ephemeral things rather than with God provides. We need prophets who can speak against humanity's own folly of thinking that we are self - made man and woman and that we can still move on with our lives without the help of God.
