Morning by Morning, December 19 - Messy Beginnings for Our Messiah
Good morning, Lord Jesus. I welcome You here in my heart and every moment of my day. ...
"(Joseph) went to be registered with Mary (in Bethlehem), to whom he was engaged and who was expecting a Child. While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her Child" (Luke 2:5).
Mary was a single mom and a pregnant teen. Joseph was stepping in to be a stepfather for a Child he didn't conceive and for a mother he had doubted at first in her faithfulness but came to trust. This seems like a very messy beginning for the holy family of the Messiah of Israel and the Savior of the world. And yet, You were in the midst of it all, causing all things to work together for good -- all at the right time, all in the right place, to set things right in their hearts and ours.
Heaven had spoken to their hearts, and they believed. Faith prevailed and love won. All that messiness prepared the way for the Messiah.
You're the God who speaks clarity into our chaos, truth into our confusion, and hope into our despair. You take our broken and messy lives to make something so much better, so much more beautiful than we could ever hope or image if we trust in You.
Heaven still speaks into the hearts of those who are listening. And our Messiah, our Savior, is still making beautiful things out of the messy lives of all who need the hope and healing, the freedom and peace, the fullness of complete salvation, that only You can bring.
Mary and Joseph came to the place where they were "expecting a Child" to come and change their lives, to make things whole and set things right (Luke 2:5). And so are we! To that I say, "Amen!" To that, I say, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace and good will toward men!" (Luke 2:14) In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
My friend, may you find healing and hope, freedman peace, and the fullness of complete salvation that only comes through our Messiah and Savior, in Jesus' name. Please pray the same for me. God bless you, my friend!
Thank you for joining with me on this daily journey of prayer. I write these from my morning prayer time most every day and send them out right away the same morning -- real prayers, expressed and shared in real time from my spiritual life. If you would like to have a collection of these as a 365 Day Prayer Devotional for you or a friend, please order a copy today. God bless you!
Tommy Hays | Messiah Ministries
Healing from the Inside Out
Pastoral Director | Rapha God Ministries
4 Dominion Drive, Building 1
San Antonio, Texas 78257
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