Scripture: Matthew 1:18-25
Journal: How is God asking you to be more like Joseph today?
Reflection: You’ve got to love Joseph. Lesser men would have buckled under the
social, spiritual, and emotional strain of all that God was asking him to
believe and to do, but not him. He did
not flinch, but remained true to who he was and to who God was asking him to be.
He loved and cared for his
wife, in spite of the social and religious stigma attached to her being
pregnant before they were married. He listened
to, believed, and obeyed his God, rather than being swayed and coerced by the voices
and opinions of those around him. In
fact, even in the midst of being pressured by friends and family to take
matters into his own hands, he, instead, did all that the angel of the Lord
had commanded.
And perhaps most remarkably of
all, he was willing to play a seemingly minor (yet significant) role in God’s
unfolding story of redemption. I mean,
who does that? Who in their right mind
is willing to be a background character in the powerful play? Joseph, that’s who.
I have so much to learn from
him—one of the main things being that this life is not about me, but about God.
It is about Jesus coming in and through me into his world. I am not the main character, even in my own
story. For even my own story is not
about me, but about him. He occupies
center stage. I am but a minor character
in his unfolding drama, not vice versa.
Maybe it’s time I started living like it—like Joseph did.
Prayer
Closing
Prayer: Lord Jesus, be the center of my life, this
day and every day. Help my whole life to
revolve around you, and not vice versa.
Amen.
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