Out of Chaos

Out of Chaos by Lori Brown   

Everything about Jesus' birth was chaotic and messy. He was born in a barn; a dirty, smelly barn filled with dirty, smelly animals. And He was born homeless, because there was no vacancy at the local Hilton, Marriott or Sheraton. Finally, as soon as He was born, Herod the Great put a death sentence on His head.

The birth of Jesus was, quite frankly, anything but nice, neat, prim and proper. It was gross, dirty and violent in every way, shape and form, because Jesus was born as a hunted child. But oh, how God used HIS chaotic, messy entrance into the world

to initiate the most perfect, beautiful, structured and organized plan to save us from our own sin and destruction!

Out of this baby's chaotic birth came a perfectly crafted redemptive plan. In short, the chaos in the barn was nothing but smoke and mirrors for the perfect order planted firmly in God's heart and mind.

Our own lives often seem chaotic, beyond our feeble attempts to control our challenging circumstances and to refine our efforts to orchestrate sanity out of the insanity surrounding us.

So, what's the lesson for modern families?

What does all this messiness and chaos have to do with modern-day living?

Well, the stories of God's most perfect plans, executed in some of the most imperfect locations, remind us that God is very much at work and capable of bringing the miraculous out of our personal chaotic messes.

That is true for parents and children. Sometimes, we need to just sit down in the messy circumstances of our lives and praise God for what He is doing in the midst of our chaos.

Rest in the God in spite of the messes of your life for HE is in the business of bringing good things to pass--for bringing glory to HIMSELF--out of the chaos of the lives of HIS people.