January 2

In Genesis, after Adam and Eve disobeyed, God still talked with them and took care of them. Have you ever thought of that? Yes he delivered the “curse”, the death that He promised if they disobeyed, then he made some clothes for them. As we will see, there was still a great blessing on them as well. God doesn’t discard people after they mess up! There is a time where He will “give us over” to those things that we long for, but here we see a repentant Adam and Eve being talked to and taken care of by their loving God. Within this passage is the promise of God to redeem man from his own choice of death, but more on that later.

The other curious thing to me was in Luke. After an angel spoke to Mary and to Joseph and something quite miraculous happened, and after the birth of Jesus more miraculous things and angelic appearances occurred, it was circumstances that dictated where Jesus was born. There is no doubt that God dictated the circumstances and inspired the governor to call for a census or foreknew that he would, which meant that Joseph had to go to Bethlehem with his VERY pregnant betrothed. Isn’t it interesting with all the angelic appearances God decided to use a census to get Mary to the right spot? God uses many things to direct us – look for his direction even when it was an inconvenience.