Have you ever been really scared, all alone in the dark?
When I lived alone, I came home late one night from Bible study and found my back door open. I was paralyzed in fear. Staying in my car, I prayed and tried calling various family members and friends. No one answered their phone. Then, I prayed again, knowing God is always available and there with me.
In a state of continual prayer, I scoured the house looking in all the closets, behind every door and under the beds. Finding no one, it appeared I must not have closed the door securely and it blew open. It was quite scary, but I was comforted knowing God was with me no matter what.
Joseph and Mary were in the dark and probably in a greater state of fear
much longer than me! Their journey to Egypt was over 100 miles and started in
the dark.
Matthew 2:13-16 “When they [the Magi] had gone, an angel of the Lord
appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his
mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to
search for the child to kill him.” So he got up, took the child and his mother
during the night and left for Egypt, where he stayed until the death of Herod. And
so was fulfilled what the Lord had said through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I
called my son.” When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he
was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity
who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned
from the Magi.” Matthew 2:13-16
God didn’t remove the threat or the fear, but He was with them and directed them through it.
What is your greatest fear right now? Will you and I take comfort knowing God is with us? He has a plan for us, and His plans can’t be stopped. He will give us direction when we’re afraid.
Alice
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