“God is with me”
This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly. But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”—which means, “God with us.”
Henry Q. writes:
I like this verse because the word Immanuel means God with us; and if God is with us who can be against us? No matter what I’m going through, if I learn to see that God is with us then I believe that the things in our lives will be much better and that we will be able to see things in a different way. Yesterday I was in my office and on the wall there was a paper that said “Don’t tell God how big your problem is, tell your problem how big God is; and when the devil comes and reminds you about your past, remind him about his future which is death.
Please note that the views expressed in this story are not necessarily the views of the American Bible Society. Story posted on July 10th, 2007 and filed under Praise, Your Stories, Struggles.
