The Mighty One Has Done Great Things For Me
Dr. Sam Matthews
Sunday Morning
July 20, 2008

Declaration: We walk in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day!

We are overcomers. In order to overcome there has to be something to overcome.

It is important that we are delivered from familiarity. Sometimes we allow ourselves to become so familiar or discount what the Word says because we have read it before. Do not let familiarity interfere with what God is speaking. Every word He has spoken is living!

Luke 1, “26Now in the sixth month [after that], the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee named Nazareth, 27To a girl never having been married and a virgin engaged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. 28And he came to her and said, Hail, O favored one [endued with grace]! The Lord is with you! Blessed (favored of God) are you before all other women! 29But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled and disturbed and confused at what he said and kept revolving in her mind what such a greeting might mean. 30And the angel said to her, Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found grace (free, spontaneous, absolute favor and loving-kindness) with God. 31And listen! You will become pregnant and will give birth to a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus. 32He will be great (eminent) and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to Him the throne of His forefather David, 33And He will reign over the house of Jacob throughout the ages; and of His reign there will be no end. 34And Mary said to the angel, How can this be, since I have no [intimacy with any man as a] husband? 35Then the angel said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you [like a shining cloud]; and so the holy (pure, sinless) Thing (Offspring) which shall be born of you will be called the Son of God. 36And listen! Your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is now the sixth month with her who was called barren. 37For with God nothing is ever impossible and no word from God shall be without power or impossible of fulfillment. 38Then Mary said, Behold, I am the handmaiden of the Lord; let it be done to me according to what you have said. And the angel left her.”

Mary didn’t understand anything of this to completion, but she still said, “Be it unto me, according to Your word.” That needs to be our response.

With God nothing is impossible. No word from God shall be without power or impossible of fulfillment.

Every word that God has spoken to us and over us, our response should be, “Be it unto me according to your word!”

John 4:17 – “…as He is, so are you in this world.”

As He is, that is how we are supposed to be in this world, RIGHT NOW! It is what He has purchased for you!

The blessing is in the Name!

Luke 1, “46And Mary said, My soul magnifies and extols the Lord, 47And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48For He has looked upon the low station and humiliation of His handmaiden. For behold, from now on all generations [of all ages] will call me blessed and declare me happy and to be envied! 49For He Who is almighty has done great things for me--and holy is His name [to be venerated in His purity, majesty and glory]! 50And His mercy (His compassion and kindness toward the miserable and afflicted) is on those who fear Him with godly reverence, from generation to generation and age to age. 51He has shown strength and made might with His arm; He has scattered the proud and haughty in and by the imagination and purpose and designs of their hearts. 52He has put down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of low degree. 53He has filled and satisfied the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty-handed [without a gift]. 54He has laid hold on His servant Israel [to help him, to espouse his cause], in remembrance of His mercy, 55Even as He promised to our forefathers, to Abraham and to his descendants forever.

You have heaven’s declaration over your life to fulfill what God has called you to do! The same God that fulfilled His word in Mary’s life is the same God who fulfills His word in your life. It is your purpose. It is your destiny.

From this day forward, generations will call me blessed! How can you not be blessed when you have Him! We don’t need the stuff. We need Him.

“The Mighty One has done great things for me, and Holy is His Name!” Declare this! This means nothing controls you. Nothing dominates you.

This week we should be declaring this phrase, “The Mighty One has done great things for me, and Holy is His Name!”