Listen here: An Angel Tells Joseph the Baby is Jesus
How do you respond when someone says, "Obey or Obedience!" Does it cause you to want to fight or listen? What if I told you that often obedience builds hope?
In today's advent story, we will discover that Joseph's obedience gave him hope to do the right thing.
This week as I reflected on the Christmas stories to teach them I wrote out every name given to Jesus through the Christmas stories. Here are some I noted. They are from the three angel visits to Mary, Joseph, and the shepherd's stories.
Jesus
Son of the Most High
King David's descendant
King of Israel
Holy
Son of God
The LORD Saves
Emmanuel
God with us
Messiah
Savior
The Lord
Knowing the names of God help us to understand His character and that builds hope. It also helps us to obey when things just don't make sense or seem hard.
I love how God made sure Mary, Joseph, and the shepherds were given the character traits and names that would help them walk in obedience to fulfill His will in their lives. Our lives are changed because of it.
Where do you struggle with obedience? What character trait of God do you call upon to help you walk in obedience? How did it give you hope?
Blessings come when we obey! Joseph got to become the earthly father of the heavenly king because of his obedience and we now live in hope because of his gift.
Father, please use this story to build hope today. Here is to knowing the character of God and walking in obedience. Thank you for hope!
Shalom y'all!
