Never heard of it

The prophet Micah said: “Bethlehem… you are one of the smallest towns in the nation of Judah. But the LORD will choose one of your people to rule the nation – someone whose family goes back to ancient times.”
Micah 5:2 (cev)

Herod was alarmed by the wise men travelling to honour a new king. He gathered his scribes together to learn something more about the Messiah, and the scholars responded with this quote from Micah. (see Matthew 2:3-6). ‘So, where is this Bethlehem?’ Herod asks of this obscure little place known so well to us now through the Christmas story.

Praise God that he chooses the unlikely and the overlooked.

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4 Responses to Never heard of it

  1. Riette says:

    Than you god . .that You saw the need of us, the ordinary people, the unimportant, the unknown, the quiet

  2. Colin says:

    Thank you Father that when lots of christians lost interest in us because we weren’t healed that it was an unemployed schizophrenic, with plenty of needs of his own, that became my most faithful friend.
    Thank you Father that on a missions trip I led many years ago, the hardest worker & the one with the most Christ-like attitudes was a christian who was struggling with his previous homosexuality.
    Thank you that you call the weak & foolish in the world’s eyes, the ones that aren’t chosen to be in a playground football team, the shy & timid and you adopt them as your own children.

  3. marilyn says:

    Thank you father , thank you for everything…

    i pray for all the world has peace, to all my brothers and sister that they are sicked heal them please father, O holy father please Give us peace and unity.

    I pray also to my family’s and friends. to have a good health and wealth.

    THANK YOU LORD AND ALELUYA! AMEN

  4. Chris Evans says:

    Thankyou our Father that you choose the unexpected and whomsoever is considered unimportant to serve you and join you in your work, e.g. King David, and you give the overcoming power to that person through the channel of their love, peace and faith.

    In Jesus name

    Amen

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