My devotional this morning was about Joseph's role in the Christmas story. While it is a role we are all familiar with, something about his story this morning just really struck me! Can you even imagine how much faith and love he must have had for his Lord and Savior?! Here he is engaged to this woman who has suddenly become pregnant. Game changer right?! He "put a ring on it" and thought they were going to live happily ever after. Suddenly, here is telling him that she has conceived a child yet is still a virgin?!
As Mary shared her story with Joseph you know his head must have been spinning. She describes to him about how an angel appeared to her (Luke 26-38). The angel told her how she would conceive in her womb a child who should be named Jesus and would be the Son of the Highest and will save all of his people. By this point, you know 'ole Joseph must have been thinking - whaaaaat?!?! Is this really happening?! In the middle of what must have felt like the biggest "storm" of his life an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream. The angel shared the same story with him and he listened. He trusted and believed in this blessing from our Lord. Even though he must have been nervous and scared and had no clue what the future would bring, he trusted in that promise from his Lord and took Mary as his wife.
Wow! Now that my friends is a real man! It really does seem that in the midst of all the miracles happening in that manger on Christmas - Joseph's committment and faith is just another example of radical belief. As my devotional mentioned this morning - "he believed the unbelieveable. Let us dare to do what God is asking us to do." Isn't that really what complete trust and utmost devotion to our Lord and Savior is all about?
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16
What greater gift is there than this?!
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