Moments Part 3 - A Moment of Obedience
December 15, 2024
It’s been said that life is not
God creates, and
There is so much
‘This is how the birth of Jesus Christ took place. His mother, Mary, had promised Joseph to be his wife, but while she was still a virgin she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit. Her fiancé, Joseph, was a righteous man full of integrity and he didn’t want to disgrace her, but when he learned of her pregnancy he secretly planned to break the engagement. While he was still debating with himself about what to do, he fell asleep and had a supernatural dream. An angel from the Lord appeared to him and said, “Joseph, descendant of David, don’t hesitate to take Mary into your home as your wife, because the power of the Holy Spirit has conceived a child in her womb. She will give birth to a son and you are to name him ‘Savior’ [Jesus], for he is destined to give his life to save his people from their sins.” This happened to fulfill what the Lord had spoken through his prophet: Listen! A virgin will be pregnant, she will give birth to a Son, and he will be known as “Emmanuel,” which means in Hebrew, “God became one of us.” When Joseph woke from his dream, he did all that the angel of the Lord instructed him to do. He took Mary to be his wife, but they refrained from having sex until she gave birth to her firstborn son, whom they named “Jesus.”’ —Matthew 1:18-25 TPT
1) Obedience is difficult, but we have no idea what God can through one
of obedience!
- He didn’t realize that what looked like one of life’s absolutely lowest moments would be one of it’s greatest moments, and his obedience would be heroic.
When Joseph woke up, he did as the angel of the Lord commanded and took Mary as his wife. —Matthew 1:24 (NLT)
2) You don’t have to understand completely to obey
.
- Sometimes the word is so clear, the conviction is so strong, that we don’t need any more
3) Obedience is our responsibility; the
is God’s.
- We don’t need to
“For the child within her was conceived by the Holy Spirit. 21 And she will have a son, and you are to name him Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” —Matthew 1:20b-21
- Don’t worry when you face
4) Joseph’s obedience and submission to God made him a strong
for his family.
’Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I bring you word; for Herod will seek the young Child to destroy Him.”’ —Matthew 2:13