God is a God of adventures.
Our verse for today is Luke 2: verses 1 and 3.
“In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. And everyone went to his own town to register.”
It was a difficult adventure for a young man to take his expecting wife on an eighty-mile trek from Nazareth to Bethlehem. It was over rough and dangerous terrain. Reading the story of Mary and Joseph teaches us that hard journeys can have great lessons.
Lesson 1. God surprises us in our adventure.
If the God’s son were going to come to earth don’t you think He would come in a palace? But no, God had Jesus born in a tiny town called Bethlehem to a carpenter and his teenage wife.
Lesson 2. Man does not always know whether an adventure will be good.
Can’t you imagine the consternation of Mary and Joseph, when they heard that he had to make the difficult journey with a pregnant wife? Though now we know that the trip was necessary, they may have thought it was a bad idea. God knew what was best. He still knows.
Joseph and Mary didn’t argue or complain.
When faced with hard adventures, one only needs to make sure what God’s will is and then do it. You should realize it is an adventure and that God works through your them.
I’m Lonnie Davis and these are thoughts worth thinking.