(READ MATTHEW 1:18-25 AND LUKE 1:26-38)!!!!THE CHRISTMAS STORY, RECORDED IN THE BOOKS OF (MATTHEW AND LUKE), HAS BECOME SO FAMILIAR THAT I WONDER IF WE GRASP THE REALITY OF WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED: AN…

(READ MATTHEW 1:18-25 AND LUKE 1:26-38)!!!!

THE CHRISTMAS STORY, RECORDED IN THE BOOKS OF (MATTHEW AND LUKE), HAS BECOME SO FAMILIAR THAT I WONDER IF WE GRASP THE REALITY OF WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED: AN ANGEL TOLD A YOUNG VIRGIN THAT SHE WOULD CONCEIVE A CHILD BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (LUKE 1:26-38). THE ANGEL THEN TOLD HER FIANCEE TO MARRY HER AND NAME THE BABY "JESUS" "FOR HE WILL SAVE HIS PEOPLE FROM THEIR SINS" (MATTHEW 1:21). SHEPHERDS SAW ANGELS IN THE SKY AND WERE TOLD OF A SAVIOR'S BIRTH IN BETHLEHEM (LUKE 2:11). WISE MEN TRAVELED HUNDREDS OF MILES TO "WORSHIP" THE ONE WHO, THEY SAID, "HAS BEEN BORN KING OF THE JEWS" (MATTHEW 2:2). WOOOOOOWWWW AMAZING! GLORY BE TO GOD ALMIGHTY!!!!!

EQUALLY ASTONISHING IS THAT MARY, JOSEPH, THE SHEPHERDS, AND THE WISE MEN DID EXACTLY AS THEY HAD BEEN TOLD. MARY YIELDED HERSELF TO GOD; JOSEPH TOOK HER HOME AS HIS WIFE; THE SHEPHERDS WENT TO BETHLEHEM TO FIND THE BABY IN A MANGER; AND THE WISE MEN FOLLOWED THE STAR. WITH NO IDEA OF THE OUTCOME, THEY ALL TOOK THE NEXT STEP BY FAITH IN THE LORD. WOWWWW SO AMAZING!!!!

HOW IS IT WITH US THIS CHRISTMAS? WILL WE TRUST GOD AND FOLLOW HIS LEADING EVEN WHEN WE FACE UNCERTAINTY AND OVERWHELMING CIRCUMSTANCES? WHEN YOU AND I OBEY THE LORD, THE OUTCOME IS TRULY AMAZING!!!!

FAITH NEVER KNOWS WHERE IT IS BEING LED, BUT IT LOVES AND KNOWS THE ONE WHO IS LEADING!!!! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY LORD AND SAVIOR "THE KING OF KINGS" AND "THE LORD OF LORDS" JESUS CHRIST, SON OF THE ONE AND ONLY TRUE LIVING GOD!!!!!