What a Dad

Matthew 2 cont’d:

 When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had learned from the Magi.

Before Herod died, he saw and realized that the Magi did not obey his orders and that indeed had found the Messiah, but did not come back to him as he commanded.  He realized that these men directly disobeyed an order from the king, and this made him fighting mad.

He was so mad, in fact, that he ordered to kill all little boys under 2 years of age in Bethlehem, so that Jesus would be in that group and be destroyed as well.

However, because of Joseph’s obedience, Jesus had now been moved to Egypt, where he was safely tucked away from the king’s order.

There are times when our obedience, our timely “yes” to God’s directive, will be the very thing that saves our children from sure destruction.

It’s a high calling that we have to be parents, and it’s a sobering thought to realize that our kids’ safety sometimes requires our own obedience…but it does.

Even an order from an earthly king to destroy Joseph’s son for good was thwarted, because Joseph was warned and obeyed.

What a good Father we have, and what an excellent dad Joseph was…