THE ORDINARIES ELAVATED

BY APOSTLE WILLIAM K KORIR,

The angel visited Mary in the little known village of Nazareth. Nazareth, was a village mainly known to be inhabited by backward poor people. Joseph a poor carpentor was engaged to Mary, but they had never known each other as mary was a virgin. The angel of God delivered the heavenly knews saying to her she was the chosen among women and she was going to conceive through the power of the Holy Sprit and have a Son to be named Jesus Christ who was to be the saviour of the World. Mary was afraid but the Lord urged her not to be afraid as God had appointed her among women to bear the saviour of the World.

Later that year, there was censors at bethlehem according to the Roman laws. All peoples were therefore required to present themselves to be counted and entered in the Roman record. Mary was heavy with child and her days were about to come. As the occasion was of great importance, and no one would escape, poor Joseph together with her engaged wife went to Bethlehem to be counted.

Joseph came from a poor region and it is therefore common sence to imagine that they faced some financial challenges. The only means of transport available and affordable must have been a donkey. The young family must have saddled a donkey early in the morning and had to brave the scorching heat of the sun in the desert country. The journey was arduos and hilly, ocasioning them to have stop overs throughout the journey. The slow movement culminated for them arriving in the town late at night feeling fatiqued.

The went all over the town insearch of a room to spent the night but to no avail. All the rooms were booked to capacity and there were no spare rooms for hire. Joseph had no idea of what to do as he was not familiar with the town.

As Joseph was still pondering on what next to do Mary gave him the heart racking knews. She told him there was great signs that the Baby was coming. What? exclaimed poor, Joseph. What would he do next. He was not familiar with the town. He had no experience with midwifry. But LO! there was no time at the all!. Joseph looked around and saw a cattle's enclosure. He led Mary to the place and she delivered the Bouncing Baby Boy - and named Him Jesus! They laid him in the Cattle's feeding trough.

The High prists spend their "holy nights" unaware that the Messiah they had been preaching to their congregation, was spending a chilly night and a smelling cows enclosure. For all there years they had spend thousand of hours teaching people of the coming of the Messiah, yet they had no clue of the way he would come! When he did no one was there to welcome Him to this world. Only the Spherds and the wisemen from the East, nobody else was!

God's working is heard to comprehend. He used an ordinary village girl, with no education and no exposure at all to world. She probably had never attended any elementary education and may be had never worn any shues in her lifetime. Her life was that of a simple village girl.

God therefore used this ordinary village girl to present to the world etra-ordinary activities through the miraculous birth of Our Lord Jesus conceived through the power of the Holy Spirit.

When the Egyptian servan Hagar, was sent away with her Son by her mistress Sarah, the wife of Abraham, she crossed the expansive desert and ran out of water half way. Her son was in the verge of dehidration and she feared he would die. The son cried painfully and refused to be consoled. She placed him on the ground and went far a way to avoid seeing him die. She sobbed softly as she waited. An angel of the Lord came to her and asked her why she was crying? The angel told her that God had heard the child crying and had sent him to deliver good knews to her that the child would be a great nation. The angel opened her eyes and she saw a well next to her and rushed to draw water to give it to her son.

If you are going through a tough time and you have lost hope in life, just hold on!
God has heard your crying and he will sent a rescue team to you. He will open your eyes and you will see a well of hope near you. When all seems lost!, when there is no way in all your sides, behind and a head, Just look up, where God is and you will receive salvation.

God will open a store house of blessings and you will be blessed indeed! Just do not give up hope! Move on in Faith, for He is a Faithful God who do not Change! Hang onto Him and wait Him do carry out extra-ordinary work through your ordinary Life!