Matthew 1:20; “But when he had
considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream,
saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid
to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of
the Holy Spirit".
As we come to the
close of the year, do you find yourself at a crossroad? A moment when the
tantalizing prospect of something new is just around the corner, yet you know
it largely relies of you choosing the right path. If you are not experiencing
this I am sure you remember a time when you were in the very position? When a
single decision could very well shape the rest of your life or at the very
least the next chapter in your life. The thing that I find interesting about a
crossroad is that it has numerous options for us to take. Do we go to the left,
do we go to the right or do we keep going straight forward. This is very
different to a Cul-de-sac, that looks like an road that leads somewhere to find
out that it is a dead end street. Sometimes when we arrive at these pivotal
moments in our life we have a tendency to treat them like a Cul-de-sac and
think that all hope is gone and that we have reached a dead end. What if Joseph
had looked at this chapter in his life as a dead end? What would the outcome
have been??? But, he did not view it so, he saw it as it was….a crossroads.
Here we see Joseph wondering what type of action to take as Mary is now
supernaturally pregnant. (No man in history has been in his situation). Which
road was he going to take? Was he going to disgrace her or hide her? Well, we
all know what his decision was. He planned to put her away secretly. The Word
of God tells us that whilst at this crossroad in his life, he ‘considered what
he would do’, and when he did this the Lord sent an angel to him in a dream and
reassured him everything was going to be alright. And told him which road to
take.
Take this example of
Joseph to heart, understand that what ever the crossroad is that you may find
yourself at, it does have options, there is hope, it is not a dead end. It is
up to you to consider your options and seek the Lord. He will give guidance to
you just as he did to Joseph. You can turn a crossroad from being something that
is daunting into something that is exciting and wonderfully blessed.
And most importantly,
look at what the angel said to Joseph, "do not be afraid".
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