Hope Or Checkmate?

Can you imagine the celebration that Mary and Joseph experienced when the God dream of Christ coming came to pass? Wise men from the east came to bow down to worship him. Shepherds in the fields became a part of this celebration. King Herod told the wise men; "Tell me where he is so I may also come and worship him."

Mary and Joseph was still dealing with the incredible chaos, and curves of the ugly chatter and talk about their misbehavior before marriage. Again Joseph was warned by God to take the child down to Egypt. "Herod will seek to destroy the child."

When you play the game of chess, you play until the King has no more moves. When you checkmate your opponents King, the game is over. Would Joseph and Mary have one more move? Would Herod trap them and kill the child?

Herod thought he had fooled the wise men. "I've got the Christ now." He wasn't interested in worshipping him but was at war to kill the child. Friend take heart in this story. God always has one more move. Just when it looks like it's over, "Smile," God hasn't finished His plan and power to fulfill His promises.

Joseph was still listening to God and quickly obeyed a move into Egypt. Have you been backed into a corner? Are you in a place where it looks like there are no more moves? Does it appear that regardless of where you turn, seminally there is no hope; does Satan have a checkmate move on you?

A word in this Christmas season, "God always has one more move." Satan will never checkmate God. You are His child and all you need to do is look up to God like Joseph, He has one more move for you in the night.
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