A divine principle taught in Scripture is: “God purposely chooses weak human vessels through which to display His power.” This principle is clearly illustrated in the Christmas story itself, in Mary’s response to the angel Gabriel, in Paul’s experience and in the experience of a well-known pastor.
God Visited This Planet Without Human Fanfare
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When our Creator chose to visit the world, He did not choose a red-carpet entrance. He did not choose the temple in Jerusalem with Levites blowing trumpets and robed priests announcing His coming. Neither did He choose to make His entrance in Rome, introduced by Caesar with all the pomp of imperial Rome.
Instead, He chose to enter this world in the most humble circumstances—a stable in a small, insignificant village far removed from the centers of religious and political power. He chose, not a queen, priestess or starlet, but a poor Middle-Eastern Jewish girl through whom to make His entrance.
We know Mary and Joseph were poor, for when they took the infant Jesus to the temple to offer up the required offering, they offered the alternative offering of two pigeons or two doves, allowed for those too poor to afford a lamb (Luke 1:22-24, Lev. 12:8).
This is not how the modern church would have planned it, but it demonstrates God working according to an immutable, spiritual principle. Paul articulated this idea in I Corinthians 1:27-29 (NKJV): “But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things that are mighty . . . that no flesh should glory in His presence.”
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