Do our decisions fulfill prophecies? God had said in the Old Testament, "Out of Egypt have I called my son." After king Herod died, an angel told Joseph in a dream to take Mary and the child back to Israel. They went, and they discovered that Herod's son, Achelaus, reigned in Judea, Joseph as afraid to go there. Also warned in another dream, he withdrew his family to Galilee, and settled in the town, Nazareth. Is this to fulfill the prophecies that God would call His Son out of Egypt? Also that He would be called a Nazarene?

Do we automatically do what God has pre-determined we will do, or does He just know in advance what choices we will make? Weighty questions, these, are they not?

This tells us Joseph was a spiritually sensitive man, who heard God's directions in his dreams, and he always obeyed them promptly. In this particular instance his fear that it was not safe to be in Judea with a son of Herod as king, also became a factor that is recorded.

All this happened naturally, but they were part of God's plan to fulfill things He had foretold many years earlier through His prophets. Just details, in fact, that Jesus would come out of Egypt, and He would be known as a Nazarene, or coming from Nazareth.

What might this have to do with me today? Or you?

God has a plan for our lives too, and is it possible that He will guide us into that plan by the intuition and natural fears and desires He has given us? I do believe at various times He has guided me that way. Perhaps our decisions fulfill prophecies.

This implies the importance then, of paying attention and being spiritually alert. Key moves and directions into God's plans will come in soft subtle ways, and if we are not obedient right away, we may miss some important turns in the road of our lives.

Just think- our decisions can fullfill prophecies - and fall in line with God's will!