Last week, we read some more of one of
my very favorite stories. It was a story about God and how He wants
to be known by every single person on the planet. We read about Sarah
and Abraham and how God had a plan to bless the whole earth through
just two people. We also read about how Abraham and Sarah were
sometimes scared and tried to do things their own way.
God was bigger than their fear, though,
and He still had a plan, a plan to bless everyone. Do you remember
what that word, 'bless,' means? Yes. It means that God has a plan to
show everyone how good and how big He is. Let's read some more of
that plan.
Matthew
starts talking about the plan this way: “A
record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ the son of David, the son of
Abraham: Abraham
was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father
of Judah and his brothers,
Judah
the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the
father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram,
Ram
the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the
father of Salmon, Salmon
the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed,
whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse,
and
Jesse the father of King David.
Hold
up! This doesn't sound very much like a plan yet, does it? It just
sounds like a long list of crazy names. Did you recognize any of
those names? I did too. I've read stories about some of those people.
Sometimes they were super brave and made the choice to listen to God.
Rahab hid some of God's friends to keep them safe. Ruth moved to a
whole new country, and David stood up to a giant even though nobody
thought he could do it...
Download a PDF of the entire story here and click on the coloring pages below to download.
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