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Tuesday... There are so many benefits.


Tuesday... There are so many benefits.

There really are and David shared one of the important ones in Psalm 139:5-6 (NLT). He says, "You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand."

Over in Matthew 2 in the New Testament of the Bible this benefit is shown.

Now Jesus when he was born had some visitors and three of them were wise men from the east. Verse 13 says, "After the wise men were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream." Joseph was Jesus' earthly father and of course he was responsible at protecting this young child and his mother, Mary. "'Get up! Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother,'" the angel said. "'Stay there until I tell you to return, because Herod is going to search for the child to kill him." 

The wise men had gone to King Herod to see if he knew where this baby was and King Herod didn't like what he heard about this child so he asked them to after they found the baby come back and tell him where he was but when it was time for them to leave an angel (vs.12) "warned them in a dream not to return to Herod." So Herod decided to kill all the two year old boys and younger. 

And then verses 19-20 says, "When Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt. 'Get up!' the angel said. 'Take the child and his mother back to the land of Israel, because those who were trying to kill the child are dead.'"

Verse 22 says, "But when he learned that the new ruler of Judea was Herod's son Archelaus, he was afraid to go there. Then after being warned in a dream." 

So what did the wise men do? Verse 12a says, "When it was time to leave, they returned by another route."

What did Joseph do? Verse 14 says, "That night Joseph left for Egypt with the child and Mary, his mother, and they stayed there until Herod's death."

Verse 21a, "So Joseph got up and returned to the land of Israel with Jesus and his mother."

Verse 22b-23, "he left for the region of Galilee. So the family went and lived in a town called Nazareth. This fulfilled what the prophets said: 'He will be called a Nazarene.'" 

Yes, there are many benefits to having a relationship God and this is one of them. Again, Psalm 139:5-6 says, "You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too great for me to understand." Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning




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