12-09-07 New plans -- Matthew 1:18
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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.
-- Matthew 1:18
Mary and Joseph had big plans. They were looking forward to sharing life together. But suddenly they come to an unexpected intersection and collide with the plans of God. It was not a head-on collision. They weren't going in the wrong direction. They just didn't have the whole picture.
God came along and made their plans much bigger and better.
In the movie, Amadeus, composer Antonio Salieri writes a musical composition to welcome the younger, but greater composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. After performing the piece, Salieri offers a copy of the score to Mozart. But Mozart waves it aside. Mozart has heard it once; therefore, it is locked in memory. Instead of accepting the composer's work, Mozart sits down to the keyboard and begins rewriting the piece. "Did you think of this?" he asks Salieri who stands shrinking beside him. "How about this?" he says as he plays new variations, each one clearly superior to anything Salieri could have written.
While Mozart is tactless and rude, he is also a genius. He could take any composition and turn it into a masterpiece.
Our best plans may seem big and bright to us. But they are awkward until we allow God to rewrite them. He comes up with variations that turn our lives into masterpieces. Jesus enters our world, and nothing thereafter is the same.
Be encouraged!
Dwight
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