It's All About The Timing

Luke 2:6

"And while they were there, the time came for her baby to be born."

We read this verse and all nod in agreement that God's plan was moving

into the next phase or part or whatever you wish to call it.

God was sending his son, Jesus, into enemy territory to become

one of us.

To live among us.

Work among us.

Listen to us as we lived our lives around him.

The Luke 2 verse states that "the time came"

Most would think, well it means that the nine months for the

pregnancy was coming to an end.

That is one way to look at it.

Why not look even deeper into the term "the time came"

God had been enacting his plan for the salvation of humanity

ever since Genesis 3:15.

What if the phrase "the time came" actually referred to the

state of the world.

That everything was in place for Jesus to step from the throne room

of heaven, into a dark stable in Bethlehem.

All the pieces had come together for God to send His son.

The world was under Roman rule.

For the first time, a common language was used throughout the world.

This would be handy for the scriptures to be written and shared.

There was a common law.
Rome had built an incredible system of roads and highways for the

transportation of its army.

These roads that would transport the legions of Rome

would also transport the legions of Christ as

disciples and apostles traveled through out the land

taking the message of the gospel.

"The time came"

Elizabeth had already given birth to a son, John later named 'the baptizer'.

Roman rule had dictated that a census needed to be taken.

Strange that it would happen at this time because this

forced Joseph and Mary to return to Bethlehem, the

place of Joseph's ancestry.
God used a Roman ruler to make sure that prophecy would be fulfilled by seeing that the Christ child would be born in Bethlehem...the house of bread.

"The time came"

Reckon what events in our own personal lives are part of this process?

"The time came"

What is it God has done around you or through you that is all part of the plan

to bring you into His family?

What is happening today that could possibly be God declaring today to be

the day for the next part of His will and plan for you

to take place.

Never discount or dismiss God's ability to move the natural world around you

to effect His kingdom in you.

Never disconnect God's Scripture as being relevant to your life today.

Today might very well be

"the time came"

And Jesus called his children home.

Merry Christmas!

mb