Session 7

Is the easy thing the right thing?

From A Celebration of Advent: A 25-Day Devotional

Soon after Joseph chose to divorce Mary quietly, 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.’” 

“She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.” - Matthew 1:21

What’s easy is not always right. And what’s right is not always easy. Obeying God will sometimes make us look crazy. When we ask God to show us the way, He does. Sometimes, He affirms what we’re already thinking. But other times, as He did with Joseph, God leads us to a faith-filled option we never knew was possible. 

Remember God’s words from Isaiah 55:8-9, “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” 
REFLECT:

• How do you process difficult decisions? 
  

• What decisions are you facing that require greater faith? Take some time to pray and ask God what He would have you do.