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.
Joseph was thinking of putting away Mary secretly. The angel of the Lord spoke to him in a dream and he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded and took Mary home as his wife. 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 Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife - Mathew 1:24.
Jesus was protected from all dangers as Joseph was obedient to all the instructions and warnings that were given to him in the dreams by angel. 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 - Matthew 2:13. He listened and obeyed 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.
The plan of God coming to the world as Savior was fully accomplished as Joseph was obedient to God’s voice. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord - Luke 2:11. Like Joseph, let us obey the Lord your God and carefully follow all His commands for His plan to be fulfilled in our life. 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.
PRAYER: Dear Lord, Help us to be obedient to Your commands and to follow Your instructions. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
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