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Today we are going to unpack a story of a man of immense faith Joseph the father of Jesus.
This is a story of conflict and confusion that results in a family walking in the center of Gods will.
We are going to look at Joseph.
He was a blue collar man of faith, much like many of us here today.
Whats cool about Joseph is that he was not a spiritual leader or government head, he was a carpenter, a blue collar man like many of us here today.
We are going to look at the Conflict that Arises in his life, How God’s Word Defuses the Conflict, And How Joseph chooses to put his Faith in the Word of God and walk in obedience to God’s will.
We are going to look at the Conflict that Arises in his life, How God’s Word Defuses the Conflict, And How Joseph chooses to put his Faith in the Word of God and walk in obedience to God’s will.
Conflict Arises (18-19)
How well he handles it
By the Word of God
Full Faith (24-25)
Walking in obedience
Center of God’s will
Complete surrender and faith
Let’s get into the Conflict.
Conflict Arises
He finds out his fiancé is pregnant.
He knows that there is no way that it is his kid for obvious reasons.
Could you imagine how this would have devastated Joseph
Joseph
Joseph is engaged to the love of his life, to one day very soon become her husband.
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He finds out his fiancé is pregnant.
He knows that there is no way that it is his kid for obvious reasons.
Could you imagine how this would have devastated Joseph?
Then she has the audacity to tell him she is pregnant from a supernatural source.
What must he have been thinking?
Not only is she cheating on me, but she wont even own up to vthe truth.
He must have been beside himself.
I know I would have been
However, notice how Joseph handles the situation
Even in the conflict Joseph shows Mary grace.
Even in the conflict Joseph shows Mary grace.
He decides he isn’t going to make a scene and tear her down, but rather he chose to keep his peace and handle the situation privately.
He was ready to walk away from the relationship yet he still chose to keep a level head and deal with it privately and peacefully.
Notice ho
As we will see from the next verse he spent some time praying and reflecting on the situation before he made any rash decision.
This is a valuable lesson for us.
When conflict arises, even though it can be incredibly hard, we must learn to handle it peacefully through prayer.
Philippians 4:6
As we spend time in prayer with the Lord, He will bring clarity to the situation.
This leads into the Resolution for the Conflict
Conflict Resolved
Joseph chooses to get alone and spend time with God in prayer.
When he does this a crazy thing happens, God speaks to him.
God sends an angel to reveal clarity and truth to the situation.
Matthew 1:20-
God does not leave Joseph alone to handle the problem himself.
God gives Joseph truth, something he can stand on
Here’s the problem with trying to handle conflict ourselves.
We tend to handle situations with emotion and heart
The Bible tells us that the heart is deceitful and wicked.
So if we are trying to handle conflict on our own we will handle it wrong.
How often have you reacted to a situation emotionally and only made matters worse?
Fortunately for us, while God does not send angels to communicate with mankind today, He did give us His Word to guide and direct us in all truth.
It speaks into our lives no matter the situation.
It speaks into our lives no matter the situation.
The Word of God illuminates the path we are to take and gives understanding in how to navigate life.
The word of God equips us with all that we need to accompli
First, The Angel of the Lord reassures Joseph that the testimony of Mary is true, but he also refers back to .
Joseph would have been familiar of the prophecy of the virgin birth of the Messiah.
Joseph must have been in shock, wondering how God would have chosen to use his family to accomplish this mission.
I mean how wild would that be?
Your whole life you hear of the coming Messiah, you are watching and waiting, and then it is finally revealed that God is going to use you to help accomplish this?
Joseph ultimately chose to put his full trust in the promises of Gods Word, as wild and unexpected as it may have been.
Josephs willingness to trust in God’s Word prompted him to take action.
He chose to walk in Full Faith, knowing that God would accomplish what he had set out to do.
Full Faith
Full Faith (24-25)
Walking in obedience
Center of God’s will
Complete surrender and faith
Joseph could have very easily said no way Lord, not me.
He could have left Mary and walked away from the whole situation, could you have blamed the guy?
But he ultimately trusted God’s Word which led to action producing faith.
You see, when we choose to put our faith in the Word of God we will live in the reality that is Gods will for our life.
Because Joseph chose to live in obedience, he was afforded the opportunity to father the Son of God.
Could you imagine getting to parent Jesus?
Incredible.
How many times have we missed out on an awesome opportunity to walk in Gods will for our life yet we chose to run the other way?
Do not run from Gods plan.
Run towards it.
God’s Word will give you the faith necessary.
And we know, faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.
I love this story, one that although it may not be the exact circumstance, we can all relate to.
We go through Conflict often, but the way that Joseph chose to allow the Word of God to Defuse the situation is the example we must choose to live in when dealing with the conflict.
If we do this, then we can walk in Full Faith knowing that we are in the center of God’s will.
Trust in Gods Word and He will he
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