Interupted by God
Matthew 1:18
Before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit.
There are moments in life when God steps into our normal and refuses to let things stay the way they were. Joseph had a plan. Mary had a plan. Their families had a plan. None of those plans included a pregnancy before marriage, an angelic visitation, or becoming parents to the Messiah. And yet, this is where God starts the story. Not with polished perfection, but with interruption. With divine invasion. With a holy disruption that rearranges everything familiar.
The truth is, God’s interruptions don’t usually come with explanations. Joseph didn’t shout hallelujahs when he heard Mary was pregnant. His first instinct was to pull back, to protect himself, to quietly step away from what he didn’t understand. And you’ve been there. God begins to nudge you, stir something in you, shift the ground beneath your feet, and before faith rises, fear whispers that it would be easier to retreat than to step into something unpredictable.
But what if the interruption is actually an invitation? What if God shaking up your normal is the first sign that He’s opening a door into something greater? Interruptions from heaven are not detours from destiny, they are doorways into it. The very thing that feels like it is throwing your life off balance may be the very thing God is using to align you with His purpose. Joseph didn’t know it yet, but the disruption he feared would become the miracle he would carry.
Today, look at the places where God is nudging you, unsettling you, or shifting the path beneath your feet. It may feel like disruption, but it could be divine preparation. Before God brings you into something greater, He often interrupts what you thought would be.
Prayer
Father, open my eyes to see Your interruptions as invitations. Help me release the plans I’ve built and trust the story You are writing. When You shift my direction, let faith rise instead of fear. I surrender my expectations so I can walk in Your purpose. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Before the marriage took place, while she was still a virgin, she became pregnant through the power of the Holy Spirit.
There are moments in life when God steps into our normal and refuses to let things stay the way they were. Joseph had a plan. Mary had a plan. Their families had a plan. None of those plans included a pregnancy before marriage, an angelic visitation, or becoming parents to the Messiah. And yet, this is where God starts the story. Not with polished perfection, but with interruption. With divine invasion. With a holy disruption that rearranges everything familiar.
The truth is, God’s interruptions don’t usually come with explanations. Joseph didn’t shout hallelujahs when he heard Mary was pregnant. His first instinct was to pull back, to protect himself, to quietly step away from what he didn’t understand. And you’ve been there. God begins to nudge you, stir something in you, shift the ground beneath your feet, and before faith rises, fear whispers that it would be easier to retreat than to step into something unpredictable.
But what if the interruption is actually an invitation? What if God shaking up your normal is the first sign that He’s opening a door into something greater? Interruptions from heaven are not detours from destiny, they are doorways into it. The very thing that feels like it is throwing your life off balance may be the very thing God is using to align you with His purpose. Joseph didn’t know it yet, but the disruption he feared would become the miracle he would carry.
Today, look at the places where God is nudging you, unsettling you, or shifting the path beneath your feet. It may feel like disruption, but it could be divine preparation. Before God brings you into something greater, He often interrupts what you thought would be.
Prayer
Father, open my eyes to see Your interruptions as invitations. Help me release the plans I’ve built and trust the story You are writing. When You shift my direction, let faith rise instead of fear. I surrender my expectations so I can walk in Your purpose. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
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