Mary, Did You Know?

Mary, did you know that your baby boy

will one day walk on water?
Mary, did you know that your baby boy

will save our sons and daughters?
Did you know that your baby boy

has come to make you new?
This child that you delivered will soon deliver you.

Mary, did you know that your baby boy

will give sight to a blind man?
Mary, did you know that your baby boy

will calm a storm with his hand?
Did you know that your baby boy

has walked where angels trod?
And when you kiss your little baby,

you've kissed the face of God.

The blind will see, the deaf will hear, the dead will live again!
The lame will leap, the dumb will speak the praises of the Lamb!

Mary, did you know that your baby boy

is Lord of all creation?
Mary, did you know that your baby boy

will one day rule the nations?
Did you know that your baby boy

is heaven's perfect Lamb?
The sleeping child your holding is the great I AM.

Did I know? How could I have known? I know, you'd say I had the prophets, I had the angel, I should have figured it out. But I only realized the very basic truths at the beginning.

Did I know that he would one day walk on water? Who has an imagination that great besides Yahweh? Did I know that he would save our sons and daughters? I didn't fully realize the need until I began to have sons and daughters that weren't perfect like my eldest son. But did I know that he came to make me new, and deliver me? He was my baby. It was hard to imagine. It was painful to think of, actually. I imagined him in royal robes and palaces of splendor. I had no problem thinking of him as my king. But there was always a dark fear in the recess of my mind I could not acknowledge. I knew that it would not be a kingdom won without a great sacrifice. On his part. On my part.

Did I know that he would give sight to a blind man? I couldn't have known it. But strangely when it happened, many times, I wasn't surprised. Did I know that he would calm a storm with his hand? No. When the disciples came running to spread the news of that event, I could hardly believe such a thing was a possible. In a way, it made me feel as though I didn't know my own son. In many ways, I didn't. There was a whole other side to him that I could never have hoped to understand. He was human like me, but he was also divine. I spent a lot of time thinking about that fact. Imagining my energetic little boy running up the hill in Nazareth as he had dwelled among angels in heaven was a favorite daydream. And I never took one kiss for granted. I could sense power in every touch.

I knew he was Yahweh. I knew his fingers had created everything. But I couldn't put the knowledge into words until I saw him after he had died such a horrible death. How could life flow again through veins were they those belonging to the Lord of all the earth? And I never doubted that he would one day reign over all. He will. He could do nothing else as the great I AM.

So, I did know some things. I could never have known all, for I am weak and sinful as the rest of humanity. Why God chose me I'll never understand, but I did the best I knew how to do for him. Thankfully, Yahweh did the rest.

*"Mary, Did You Know" was written by Mark Lowry.