If you fully obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations on earth - Deuteronomy 28:1.
Joseph was chosen to be the earthly
father of Jesus. He is a righteous man. Then Joseph her husband, being a just
man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away
secretly - Mathew 1:19. When he was thinking of putting away Mary secretly, God
spoke to him in a dream and he obeyed to it. When Joseph woke up, he did what
the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife - Mathew
1:24.
Joseph was obedient to all the instructions
and warnings that were given to him in the dreams by angel. He listened to the voice
of God and walked according to it. And being warned by God in a dream, he turned aside into the
region of Galilee - Mathew 2:22. As he followed God’s directions, Jesus was
protected from all evil during the time of His birth. He was a man of great
faith as he walked through the darkness and confusions during the time of Jesus’
birth by faith and not by sight.
As
Joseph was obedient to God’s voice, the plan of God coming to the world as
Savior was fully accomplished. Like how God spoke with Joseph in dreams, He will
speak to us too. Let us hear the voice of God and obey to it like Joseph so that we can fulfill the plan of God for us. Does
the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the
Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of
rams - 1 Samuel 15:22.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, Let us obey to
Your voice and walk according to it. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
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