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Previous Daily Devotional
About a receiving heart…
Matthew 1:20 …an angel of the Lord appeared to him
in a dream…(NIV)
We all have dreams. Most of us do not remember most of what
we dream. Most of us discount what we dream about by thinking our dreams are just mental
gibberish that makes no sense. Because Joseph was a mighty man of faith, God decided to
help Joseph remember his dream. We are not certain why God used a dream to communicate
with Joseph or why God used an angel in the dream. Perhaps the use of a dream and an angel
in the dream was the best way to get God's message across to Joseph. In our hindsight, we
can say God's method of communication worked perfectly in the life of Mary and Joseph. In
your life, God may not use a dream to communicate to you. In your life, God may simply
touch your heart and ask you to listen to His still small voice within you. However, the
medium and the method God will use or has used in your life is not as important as the
message He sends. How God communicates to you is not as important as your faith in
receiving His message. God can send the most important message of your life to you but
without a heart that is open in faith and a heart that is open to His love, you may never
fully receive or understand the message. Before the dream sequence, Joseph's heart was
open and probably breaking over hearing Mary was expecting a child out of wedlock, for
Joseph loved Mary. However, Joseph's mind was open enough to the workings of God that
Joseph could believe God worked in the life of a person in the form of a dream. No doubt,
Joseph wanted to believe the story of the Immaculate Conception. In your life, when your
mind and heart are open to receiving wisdom and the love of God, then God will work in you
and through you just as God worked in and through Joseph.
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