What do you treasure?
Jesus said, “where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matthew 6:21).
Luke 2:19
And Mary treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart
Treasure = preserve these things in her heart.
The word for ponder = “to consider carefully” and “weigh mentally”
She is weighing the ramifications of all this in her heart.
How to Treasure Christmas
16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds to them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told. Luke 2:16-19
Verse 17 – Spread the Word
16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child,
Luke 2:16-17
What word can you share on what God has done in 2024?
Verse 18 – Wonder, Be amazed
Luke 2:18 - 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds to them.
- What have you been amazed at this year?
- What have you Wondered at?
Verse 19 – Ponder these things in our hearts
Soom-bal’-lo
Greek word for Ponder:
Verb
Sumballo -Definition
https://www.biblestudytools.com/lexicons/greek/nas/sumballo.html
to throw together, to bring together
to converse
to bring together in one’s mind, confer with one’s self
to come together, meet
to encounter in a hostile sense
to fight with one
to bring together of one’s property, to contribute, aid, help
The Greek word that is translated into ponder is actually a mash up of two words, forming the Greek word “sumballo,” which literally translates into “thrown together.”
Two uses of Ponder on the Gospel of Luke: Luke 2:19; Luke 14:31
Luke 2:19 - 19 But Mary treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart.
Luke 14:31
31 “Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
How will you Treasure Christmas?
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