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iming
is everything! How often have you hear or said these words? In today’s
world, it is all about timing. We run our lives by the clock. Don’t
believe me? Just count the number of clocks in your house. We are
so enamored with time; we even strap clocks to our wrists and are constantly
looking at them throughout the day. There is a
time to get up, a time to get dressed, a time to eat, a time to leave for work,
a time for lunch, etc. The list just goes on and on. We
like to believe that we control time but in reality,
time controls us.
It
was no different for Mary and Joseph. No, they didn’t have clocks all
around their home and Joseph, as far as we know, didn’t have a designer-label
sundial attached to his wrist. But time played an important factor in
their lives. However, the timing affecting their travel to Bethlehem was
under God’s design and control.
Luke
2:6 tells
us the following, “While
they were there, the time came for the baby to be born…” On
the surface this seems to be a very matter-of-fact statement. We know
Mary is pregnant and we know that their journey takes place just prior to the
birth of Jesus. But look very closely within this passage and locate the
most important word, time.
The
purpose of the journey now takes on a different air. Joseph took Mary to
Bethlehem in order to register for Caesar’s census. But while they were
in Bethlehem, the alarm on God’s clock sounded. From Joseph and Mary’s
perspective, the time could not have been worse. They are not at
home. Friends and loved one’s are not with them and the location of
Christ’s birth is anything but what they had imagined it would be.
This
is the way God works. We have our time; he has his. His timing is
always perfect and always serves his purpose. We may not understand—and
in fact we usually won’t—his timing or the reasons for the circumstances he
orchestrates; but rest assured that God knows exactly what he is doing and has
selected both the time and place for his will
to be accomplished.
Remember
today as you go down life’s road that God is in full control of your
life. The little twists and turns, the detours, and the awkward and
unseemly places into which you journey, are all hand-picked and designed by a
loving father. The purpose he has for you may not be evident now, but when the
time comes, he will work out his will for your life. What is God up
to? Only time will tell!
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