Such was his intention when, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived. (Matthew 1:20)
We have here Matthew’s announcement of the annunciation to Joseph.
Dreams play an important part in Matthew’s account of the birth of Jesus. There are five of them – four to Joseph and one to the Magi.
The angel gives Joseph some astonishing news: His wife, Mary, has conceived a child by the power of God!
We’re back to a fundamental truth: God works through human beings. As routine, secular, mundane, plain as a day may seem, God acts through me to accomplish great things. They may seem small, but in the eons of God’s plan, they’re like the mustard seed “which when full-grown is the largest of plants.”
I wonder how God wants to work through me today?
