I love it when a plan doesn't come together
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· 7 viewsWhen the birth of Christ happened, not everything happened as we planned. Though everything happened exactly as God had planned.
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18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: After His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Spirit.
19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.
20 But while he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to you Mary your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit.
21 And she will bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins.”
22 So all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:
23 “Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,” which is translated, “God with us.”
24 Then Joseph, being aroused from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord commanded him and took to him his wife,
25 and did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son. And he called His name Jesus.
Matthew 1:18-
I loved a show when I was young called the A-Team. When each show concluded, Captain Hannibal Smith would say, “I love it when a plan comes together.”
I don’t believe that was the way that Joseph was feeling. When a man is engaged to a women and they haven’t been together, he would believe that if she was pregnant that she obviously cheated. It just wasn’t supposed to happen this way.
Now Joseph was going to leave her and he had every right to. But since Joseph was a classy guy, he didn’t want to make a big deal about it. But an angel talked to Joseph and told him that everything that Mary said is true.
We have all had something unexpected happen in our lives. Give me an example.
When these unexpected events happen in our lives or a plan just doesn’t go as it is supposed to…we must remember that God is in full control.
Think right now about something in your life that you must trust God with and believe that He is in control.