Thursday, 19 December: 4 And
Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to
Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because
he was of the house and lineage of David, Luke 2:4
One of the continual choices God makes is to select
the small, the weak and insignificant to play a meaningful role in His grand
plan. Bethlehem, small and inconsequential, a cluster of stone and thatch
dwellings on a ridge just south of Jerusalem, serves as the birthplace of King
David and Immanuel. No one, present or past, boasts of being from Bethlehem.
But Caesar decreed, Joseph obeyed and God smiled the satisfied smile of plan
coming to fruition. Strands chosen, woven, and set in place centuries earlier
coming together to form a sublime picture of love and choosing; God choosing to
live as one of us.
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