Hello boys and
girls!
Are
you starting to get excited for Christmas? Are you getting excited over all of
the Christmas decorations? At this time of year we see lots of colourful
ribbons, candles, stars, wreaths such as our Advent wreath, Christmas trees,
Christmas lights and angels.
When
you see angel decorations, what is the first thing you think of? Most of the
time the first thing we think of is the angels announcing Jesus’ birth to
shepherds in the field, but there is another, more important time that an angel
appeared before Jesus was born. Can anyone tell me what that was? It was the
time that the angel appeared to Mary and told her she was going to have a baby.
There
was another time that an angel came before Jesus was born, and that story is
part of our Bible lesson for today. That visit was to Joseph, and I’ll tell you
about it right now.
Joseph
and Mary were going to be married when Joseph found out that Mary was going to
have a baby. He thought long and hard about what he should do. He decided to
break off the engagement, but an angel appeared to him in a dream. The angel
told Joseph to go ahead and marry Mary, because the child she was carrying was
Jesus, the Saviour of the world.
Joseph
obeyed the angel, and he obeyed God’s plan. He didn’t understand what was
happening, but he didn’t have to
understand what was going on. He did not have to worry about what other people
would think. He trusted God and obeyed God.
Have
you ever found yourselves in a situation where you didn’t know what to do? Did
you ask yourselves “What do I do now?” If we stop and listen, God will tell us
what to do. He might not speak to us through an angel. He could speak to us
through our friends, family members or even total strangers. He will speak to
us through His Word. We have to listen and obey like Joseph did.
Let
us bow our heads and close our eyes for a moment of prayer. Dear God, the story
of Jesus’ birth fills us with joy and lessons. Help us to read your Word and
listen as you give us the answers to our questions and problems. We ask this in
Jesus’ name, AMEN.
Bibliography
2.
Carolyn
Larsen, The Bible Storybook, pgs. 234-236
(Cincinnati, OH: Standard Publishing; 2009)
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