God Comes to Save Us
May 31, 2025 - Saturday, Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Luke 1:39–56
Mary of Nazareth has just conceived the Son of God and instead of hiding or panicking, she packs up and runs to be with someone who’ll understand.
After saying yes to God—“Let it be to me according to Your word”—Mary doesn’t just sit around. She moves. Fast. She travels about 140 kilometers from Nazareth to Ain Karim to visit her cousin Elizabeth, who’s also experiencing a miracle: a baby in her old age. The Gospel says Mary went “in haste.” No delay, no doubt, just faith in motion.
Why the rush?
Because when God starts something in you, you can’t keep it to yourself. You have to share it.
When Mary arrives, everything shifts. She greets Elizabeth—“Shalom,” peace—and that one word, spoken by a girl carrying the Prince of Peace, causes a chain reaction. Elizabeth’s baby leaps in the womb. Joy fills the house. And Elizabeth, full of the Holy Spirit, recognizes what’s happening: “Blessed are you… and blessed is the fruit of your womb!”
That’s the power of God showing up—not with thunder and lightning, but through a young girl walking up the road with love in her heart and a Savior in her womb.
Then Mary sings. And not just a quiet little hymn. She proclaims a revolutionary song—the Magnificat. A song about how God flips the world upside down: lifting the lowly, feeding the hungry, bringing justice, keeping His promises.
In her song, Mary tells us something huge:
God doesn’t forget. He sees us. He comes to us. He saves us.
Mary and Elizabeth aren’t just two pregnant women talking about babies. They represent two worlds:
Elizabeth, older and wise, represents the Old Covenant—the long, painful waiting.
Mary, young and full of new life, represents the New Covenant—God’s promise fulfilled in Jesus.
By bringing Jesus to Elizabeth, Mary brings joy, peace, and hope. She becomes the first missionary—carrying Christ to others, even before He’s born.
So what does this mean for us?
It means that God is still coming—to our mess, our confusion, our fear. He doesn’t wait for us to be perfect. He comes through unexpected people, in unexpected places, with unstoppable love.
And like Mary, once we’ve received Him, we’re meant to carry Him to others—in our words, our joy, our kindness, our courage.
So today, ask yourself:
Where is God calling me to go “in haste”?
Who needs to experience the joy and peace I carry in Christ?
What song of praise is waiting to rise from my heart?
God has come to save us. And He wants to do great things—through you.