The Day After Christmas

Well, here we are post Christmas. For some people it’s a day to sleep late, do jigsaw puzzles, get outdoors and play in the snow, go to a movie with family or friends, or even do more shopping!! 

I wonder what Mary and Joseph felt on the day after Jesus’ birth as they looked at that little baby.   They both knew that this baby was a miracle.  He’s here, but now what?  What does life look like going forward? 

God knows all about life – what’s gone on, what’s going on and what’s coming up.  He always does what is right at just the right time and is willing to even communicate with us what He is doing. 

As we’ve reflected on a few times this Christmas season, Jesus was born at just the right time after hundreds of years of prophecies. 

From many other scriptures recorded in the Bible, we have solid evidence that God has set a time for each of His plans to be fulfilled.  He will neither be too late nor too early.  God will act at just the right time.

You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.

Romans 5:6

Today is a good time to reflect on God's promises in the Bible and remind ourselves that, at just the right time, God will bring them all to pass for simple trusting people like us.

Loving God, Help us to believe and trust that at just the right time You will make perfect all that concerns us.  Help us to be patient and trusting in the meantime. 

Help us to learn from Your people who waited for hundreds of years for Jesus to be born until His birth actually took place in Bethlehem. 

Lord today, our simple prayer is to live in trust that “at just the right time” all those things that need doing in us and around us will come to pass.

In between now and then, we pray to be watchful, faithful, and trusting.  You are the God who speaks and who fulfills His word at just the right time.  Amen

I hope today is restful for you and that you have a few moments to reflect on God’s good timing in your life up until now and going forward.