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Mary, the mother of Jesus, was sensitive to God's activity in her life and was willing to cooperate. The great miracle that the messenger so grandly announced to her brought both fear and faith. She did not doubt God's ability. She only asked, "How shall this be...?" Mary's God was not a small God. Many people find the details of this story difficult to believe. J. B. Phillips writes, "The discoveries of modern physical and biological science, of astronomy, and of psychology have profoundly influenced (thoughtful observers') conceptions of the 'size' of God. If there be a Mind behind the immense complexities of the phenomena that man can observe, then it is that of a Being tremendous in His power and wisdom: it is emphatically not that of a little god ... It is even possible to believe that such a God deliberately reduced Himself to the stature of humanity in order to visit the earth in Person." We might understand more about the "size of God" if we, too, were more sensitive to God's activity in our lives and more willing to cooperate. (J. B. Phillips, Your God Is Too Small, New York: MacMillan Co., 1958.)
-- Dean
Mary, the mother of Jesus, was sensitive to God's activity in her life and was willing to cooperate. The great miracle that the messenger so grandly announced to her brought both fear and faith. She did not doubt God's ability. She only asked, "How shall this be...?" Mary's God was not a small God. Many people find the details of this story difficult to believe. J. B. Phillips writes, "The discoveries of modern physical and biological science, of astronomy, and of psychology have profoundly influenced (thoughtful observers') conceptions of the 'size' of God. If there be a Mind behind the immense complexities of the phenomena that man can observe, then it is that of a Being tremendous in His power and wisdom: it is emphatically not that of a little god ... It is even possible to believe that such a God deliberately reduced Himself to the stature of humanity in order to visit the earth in Person." We might understand more about the "size of God" if we, too, were more sensitive to God's activity in our lives and more willing to cooperate. (J. B. Phillips, Your God Is Too Small, New York: MacMillan Co., 1958.)
-- Dean
