Day 6: Wait Upon the Lord
Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men. Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying: “A voice was heard in Ramah, Lamentation, weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, Refusing to be comforted, Because they are no more.” Now when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the young Child’s life are dead.” Then he arose, took the young Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea instead of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being warned by God in a dream, he turned aside into the region of Galilee. And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, “He shall be called a Nazarene.”
Matthew 2:16-23 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/mat.2.16-23.NKJV
God spoke to me that He chose to wait for king Herod to die and then only asked His very Own Son to to come back to Israel. I am sure God being God, He is capable of just calling on fire to kill Herod. He does not need to wait until King Herod to die. Yet the Child Jesus together with HIs earthly parents need to wait. God has His own timing. His ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. We just got to trust, obey and wait. John Ortberg, Senior Pastor and author said, "Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be."
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Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men. Then was fulfilled what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying: “A voice was heard in Ramah, Lamentation, weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, Refusing to be comforted, Because they are no more.” Now when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, “Arise, take the young Child and His mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the young Child’s life are dead.” Then he arose, took the young Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea instead of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being warned by God in a dream, he turned aside into the region of Galilee. And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, “He shall be called a Nazarene.”
Matthew 2:16-23 NKJV
http://bible.com/114/mat.2.16-23.NKJV
God spoke to me that He chose to wait for king Herod to die and then only asked His very Own Son to to come back to Israel. I am sure God being God, He is capable of just calling on fire to kill Herod. He does not need to wait until King Herod to die. Yet the Child Jesus together with HIs earthly parents need to wait. God has His own timing. His ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts are higher than our thoughts. We just got to trust, obey and wait. John Ortberg, Senior Pastor and author said, "Biblically, waiting is not just something we have to do until we get what we want. Waiting is part of the process of becoming what God wants us to be."
https://twitter.com/EstherOngHC (Please click to view a visual)
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