40Flex Journey | Day 01

What Christ has done.

"God’s plan is alive and evident through all the generations. His plan is specific to involve people in each of those generations."

I am so glad that you are coming along for the journey. Over the next 40 days we will go through the four gospels (that's about 2 or 3 chapters a day. Easy-piecey-lemon-squeezy).

Let's walk with Christ and learn to run in faith.

With this opening book to the New Testament, I can see that God’s plan is alive and evident through all the generations. His plan is specific to involve people in each of those generations.

This 40-day walk with Jesus starts with his genealogy. A genealogy with characters who are noble, and some who’s pasts are questionable. But we find them all the same in the Jesus’ family-line.

Did you know that because of what Christ has done for us, we are now part of His family?

I meet a couple, yet to be married, who suddenly find themselves the parents-to-be of the Messiah. I got to follow wise men travelling from far to give gifts to the new-born King. I meet a king so determined to hold on to his kingdom that he orders genocide.

Now Think About This

How faithful has God been to my family through all the generations?

I can see God’s work and His hand in the lives of my parent’s and my grandparents. God really has been good. I continue to see it now—specially when I see my spouse.

Are there things I am considering to do, that I should pause and take the time to seek God’s voice before acting?

The little I can glean about Joseph, I know he is a thinking and considerate man–he did not act impulsively on the matter of his fiancé, Mary. He considered or thought (Matt 1:19-20) what he was to do before acting. I should be more mindful of things I want to do, and take time to consider God's voice before acting.

God speaks to people and he allows us to carry out His plans.

How fragile right? For God who knows and sees all things to entrust us with His plans? Yet here we are all part of his plan!

Song of the Day

"I Believe"

The Challenge

Big Steps Forward

01.
Spiritual Genealogy

Reflect on the people who shaped your faith journey and how God worked through their generations.

02.
Seek Revelation

Find one specific character trait in Matthew 1-2 to emulate and create an action plan to live it out.

03.
Share Insight

Strengthen the body of Christ by sharing one lesson from today's reading with another person.