THE UNSUNG HERO

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There is a person in the Bible that is getting to be a real

hero to me.  That is:

"...Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born,

who is called the Messiah."

Consider this man Joseph.  We are told that he was a righteous

man.  That would be unusual in this day and age.  But when he

found out that his fiancee was pregnant, and he knew he was not

the father, what did he do?  You and I would have "blown up".

But even then Joseph did not want to disgrace her.  So he was 

going to put her away, or send her away quietly or secretly.

However when God revealed to him that the true father was

the Holy Spirit of God, and told him to take her to be his wife,

Joseph obeyed God and married the girl.

Later when God told Joseph that king Herod would try to 

kill the child, Joseph with his small family willingly became

refuges in another country - Egypt.

Several more times God directed Joseph to go one place or

another, and Joseph obeyed.  In the Scriptures we last see

Joseph spend three days hunting for his step son Jesus in

Jerusalem.

What I see in Joseph is a humble hard working carpenter

who simply obeys when God gives him a task.  No honors,

citations, awards or any thing.  He just does his God given

job.

But think about it.  This basically hardworking craftsman

played a more important role in God's plan of redemption 

for mankind than probably all the evangelist, with or without

a T.V. program, in the world.

God help me to be more like Joseph.