Luke 1:46 – And Mary said:
“My soul magnifies the Lord,
Mary is a forerunner of New Testament worship seen clearly in this prophetic song? Have you ever considered the incredible power on display in this moment? First of all there had been no prophetic word for 400 years? Secondly, Mary of course is a woman, that makes this moment even more shocking, rarely would a woman walk in the prophetic anointing in the Old Testament times. Finally, Mary was most likely a young teenager. A young female would never have been seen prophesying at any time in history. This is a snapshot of what Joel prohesied about and what Peter preached about on the day of Pentecost. The Lord was pouring out His Spirit on Mary as sort of a first fruits of things to come. Beginning at Pentecost this would become something that was done again and again. The young and old, male and female, every tribe and tongue would experience this outpouring and the power of the Spirit of prophesy. Here is how Martin Luther describes this.
“My Soul doth Magnify the Lord”. These words express the strong ardor and exuberant joy whereby all her mind and life are inwardly exalted in the Spirit. Wherefore she does not say, “I exalt the Lord,” but, “My soul doth exalt Him.” It is as though she said, “My life and all my senses float in the love and praise of God and in lofty pleasures, so that I am no longer mistress of myself; I am exalted, more than I exalt myself, to praise the Lord.” That is the experience of all those through whom the divine sweetness and Spirit are poured; they cannot find words to utter what they feel.….Even as David says, in Psalm 34:8, “O taste and see that the Lord is sweet: blessed is the man that trusteth in Him.” He puts tasting before seeing, because this sweetness cannot be known unless one has experienced and felt it for oneself; and no one can attain to such experience unless he trusts in God with his whole heart, when he is in the depths and in sore straits. Therefore David makes haste to add, “Blessed is the man that trusts in God.” Such a one will experience the work of God within himself, and will thus come to feel His sweetness, and thereby attain to all knowledge and understanding.”
I believe the next few years will show a marked increase of God’s display of the gifts of the Spirit especially this prophetic anointing. Young people around the world are stepping into the anointing that Mary experienced so that the whole earth can be filled with the glory of the Lord.
