There is not much written about Joseph following the birth
of Jesus, but in Matthew 1, he is shown to be a compassionate, obedient and
faithful man.
As a husband, when I read Matthew 1, I can’t help but try to
put myself in Joseph’s shoes when he found out that his future wife, Mary, was
pregnant with a child that was not his. I imagine that he felt heartache,
anger, shame, sadness, confusion and disbelief. Yet Joseph was considerate and
compassionate towards Mary and planned to quietly leave her. Then the Lord
appeared to Joseph in a dream and explained His plan and even though this plan
differed from Joseph’s, he chose to be obedient to God.
One thing I must ask myself is if I am willing to remain obedient
to God even when His plans differ from mine? How often in our lives do we find
things not going according to our plan? When this happens, we may find
ourselves experiencing some of the feelings that Joseph may have felt like
heartache, anger, confusion or sadness. So will you stick with your plans or
let God lead you in a different direction? Like Joseph, God has a perfect plan
for our lives and we need only to be faithful and obedient to experience what
God can do.
-Rusty Holt
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