Angelic Christmas Dreams Poem by Curtis Johnson

Just Do It!
There are two notable Josephs in the Bible, and they both were dreamers.
One Joseph was young and immature, but his dreams resulted in saving the lives of many people.The other Joseph was a very wise and mature adult, whose dreamsresulted in a Savior for all the world's people.God saw the puzzling thoughts of the second mentioned Joseph.God also saw a wise and loving heart who wanted the best for Mary.An angel spoke to Joseph in a dream, and he obeyed.

Don't Do It!
They came from the east and entered Jerusalem looking for a king.
Wise men had traveled far by following a star that had led them there.
Now they were inquiring of the whereabouts of the newborn king.
When the existing king got word of such, he was more than a little concerned.In the mind of the king, there wasn't room for another king.
So he quickly sought the wise men's help in devising a plan of evil intent.
However, the king fail to realize that he was not the only one with a plan.
The wise men departed, no doubt with the intention of keeping the king informed of their findings.Nevertheless, there was a dream during the night that led the wise men to leave town another way without the king's knowledge.

Get Out of Town!
As the evil king Herod plotted, God's angel kept working with Joseph.
Joseph had another dream in which the angel informed him that the life of the Christ child was in danger, and he was to flee to Egypt for safety.So Joseph, Mary, and Jesus ‘got out of town' as the angel told him.

Go Back!
The years passed as the little boy Jesus began to grow up in Egypt.In the meanwhile, King Herod had committed unthinkable atrocities in his failed attempt to destroy the Christ child.When King Herod died, Joseph dreamed yet again, and the angel told him to ‘go back' to Israel.

Go North!
Not once had Joseph's prior dreams led him astray.However, there was a pause when he heard that a certain king was in power.Joseph continued to trustGod and was not disappointed, because he dreamedyet again and was informed by the angel to continue ‘going north' to Nazareth.

Whether by dreams, visions, the Bible, sermons, a friend, or a still small voice, God still speaks to us today. May we ‘just do' the thing we know we have been told to do.May we listen like the wise men and ‘don't do' the wrong thing that we will live to regret.Let's not hesitate to ‘get out' of a relationship or situation that is harmful and displeasing to God. May we hear God's voice when he tells us that it is ‘time to go back' to fix it, restart it, or to complete His purpose in our lives.God sees our every move, and His Holy Spirit is within us to command, guide, direct, and redirect us to‘go North' if need be.12022016 cj Matthew: chapters 1 & 2