Treasure the Word

So, when Jesus is born, there are some dudes watching sheep in a field, and boom, suddenly angels are singing and telling them where to find the new born Savior of the world, Jesus. So they pop in at the manger scene, chat it up with Mary and Joseph, and worship the baby Jesus. Imagine Mary, having just given birth, and these shepherds are telling her this story about what all these angels just said. In Luke 2:19, we’re told that "Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart." Now, this makes Mary a professionally-skilled "birther" of God's Word. Think about it… the Word actually became flesh. Mary gave birth to Jesus, who is the Word. Wow! How did she do it? Well, here we see that when the Word came, she treasured up these things. The word for “things” here is Rhema, which is the Word of God. So she treasured the Word of God that was spoken to those shepherds. If we want to produce God stuff in our lives, we have to begin to treasure the Word of God, the way Mary did. Jesus is the Word, and He is the treasure for all mankind. So there’s your Christmas gift. I just gave you a treasure. Merry Christmas!

Pastor Jason Anderson
Living Word Bible Church
Scottsdale | Mesa | Ahwatukee