Words of Jesus: Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Today we read the beginning of the familiar Christmas Story.  

Luke 2:1-7   “In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be enrolled. This was the first enrollment, when Quirini-us was governor of Syria. And all went to be enrolled, each to his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. And while they were there, the time came for her to be delivered. And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.”

 RSV

Once again the Bible account is set in history by a significant government event.  God works in various ways.  He could have simply told Joseph and Mary to go to Bethlehem, similar to the way he later told them to go to Egypt.  There is no mention of God telling them to travel to Bethlehem.  Instead, they travel to Bethlehem to comply with the Roman decree.  God works in wondrous ways.