Today's passage from the Bible In a Year Reading Plan is Isaiah 16-18, Matthew 2
As with yesterday's blog, what stood out to me in today's blog was also Joseph, and what a key roll he played in the early part of Jesus life.
He shows again great faith and trust in God when he was told to pack up and move because king Herod would be after them, in particular Jesus his new born son.
Matthew 2: 13-14
When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him .” [14] So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt,
When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to search for the child to kill him .” [14] So he got up, took the child and his mother during the night and left for Egypt,
If Joseph had not listened to God, things would have gotten really bad for his new family.
It's amazing how God uses people in small, sometimes forgotten, ways to make things work the way He wants.
Tomorrow's Bible In a Year Passage: Isaiah 19-21, Matthew 3
No comments:
Post a Comment