When the time is right, things happen. When it is time for a baby to be delivered, it doesn’t matter where you are, the baby is coming. The same is true of God’s timing. When the appointed time arrives, God will do what he has promised to do.
Isaiah had prophesied a Son would be given, that He would have all authority, and He would be the Savior of the world. He had also prophesied the Son would be born of a virgin. It all happened as Isaiah prophesied. The Light, Jesus, came into this dark world.
Think about the ways God worked through people who had no idea who he is to make the prophecies come true. He worked through Caesar, causing him to call for a census. He worked throughout the lineage of David. He set up his plan hundreds of years in advance and positioned people along the way.
God sent the angel Gabriel to let Zechariah know he and Elizabeth would have a son. He sent Gabriel to tell Mary she would have a Son. God brought Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem. He even ensured it would be crowded so there was no guest room available to them so that his Son would lie in a manger.
There is a song titled In A Manger by Paul Good. One idea presented in it is the Bread of Life came to lie in a manger. Think about that for just a moment. The hay the animals would normally eat was the cushion for our livelihood. The imagery that appears random on the surface becomes a purposeful message to us.
I pray we all know the Light came into a dark world. I pray we know God is working through us. I pray each one of us understand that Jesus’ coming into the world as a babe in a manger was on purpose. See the Light. See God working. Know Jesus came for you. Know the purpose for Jesus.
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 guest room available for them.
Marty Pressey 