Verse of the Day - Luke 2:6-7

While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
~ Luke 2:6-7 (NIV)

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I'm constantly amazed at prophesy and how God orchestrates its fulfillment! It's like, "Which came first? the chicken or the egg?"

The angel told the shepherds that the sign that the baby they found was the Christ was that he would be wrapped in cloths ("swaddling clothes") and lying in a manger. So, my question is this: Did God make sure there was no room for them in the inn, so that they'd be forced to lodge in a stable and lay the baby in something that was up off the cold ground, so that what the shepherds found would be completely unconventional and an obvious sign? Or did God simply allow the cramped lodging conditions of a town in the middle of a taxation census dictate the course of events for Mary and Joseph, and the angels simply spoke what had just happened? See how complicated it can get to understand the complex workings of our God?

Or think about this: when we humans are compared to sheep (which, btw, is not a compliment), did he simply use this animal as a comparison because they were rather dumb, OR did he create the sheep to be dumb, to give us such a vivid, living example of humanity?

Oh, our God is a mighty and complex God! How He orchestrates things, we will never be able to unravel. But know this: when He speaks, you can be sure it's the truth -- whether He speaks about the future or about the past. What He says has happened, has happened. What He says will come true, will come true -- no matter how outlandish it sounds! Like finding a baby in a manger, of all things...

I hope you can put your full faith in the God who spoke to the shepherds about the baby in the manger....and the God who was the baby in the manger.

Love,
Joelene