Matthew 1:18a 18 This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph,
Matthew 1:18b …but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. 19 Because Joseph her husband was faithful to the law, and yet did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
What does that mean for us tonight?
Proverbs 19:21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.
Matthew 1:20-21 20 But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. 21 She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”
Isaiah 55:9 For as heaven is higher than earth, so my ways are higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Jeremiah 29:11 11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:12-13 12 Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13 And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.