Mary - saved from disgrace

"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. 19Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not wanting to make her a public example, was minded to put her away secretly.  20But 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".                                     Matthew 1:18-20.  NKJV

Mary and Joseph, were engaged to be married. Now this engagement was more binding than  an engagement that we are familiar with. This was was a legal contract that could only be broken by divorce and the reason would be by adultery. As we know, adultery was punishable by death. Joseph, being a just and righteous man didn't want to bring this disgrace on Mary - he loved her deeply. He therefore decided to divorce her quietly to save her the accusations that would follow if she was divorced.

While Joseph pondered these things, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, encouraging him to take Mary as his wife, as the child was conceived by the Holy Spirit and he was to call Him Jesus, because He would save His people from their sins.. Joseph complied with this request and took Mary to be his wife.

Mary's life would have been ruined through no fault of her own. But God's always on time; He rescued Mary and the man called Joseph, became her husband. Now from a human point of view, the devil can place all kinds of lies and accusatory statements before us and, it is extremely difficult to ignore them. The spiritual side of us wants to cast the thoughts away because they trust God. However, the devil will do all he can to break through that defence, convincing us that what we have heard is totally true. 

If we're not careful, that lie can take up residence in our life and we will keep focusing on it until we believe it. Then the torture begins. It can be anything. The devil is a liar and gossip. The fact that Joseph totally believed the angel of the Lord is stunning. He could have gone the route that anyone in that position goes. But he didn't. Why is that? It's because his faith in God had a strong foundation and he chose to believe what he trusted in, his Heavenly Father and because of this, God was able to bring forth the Saviour of the world - Jesus Christ.

On our lead up to the wonderful joy of Christmas, just focus on how good God is. We are able to trust Him with our lives and our future. Amen!

THANK YOU JESUS

AND A

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL

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