Matthew 1

The first chapter of Matthew in the Bible was to me, at a time, a terribly boring section of the Bible. It appeared to me simply a list of names that led to Jesus, his family tree, so to speak. There's power in a name though and these names come alive if you know a little about them. It seems every type of person was used in the line that led to Jesus; great kings like David, prostitutes like Rahab, and even people that we don't know too much about. The moral of the story here is if God can use these people to bring His son to the world then he can use anybody to help the world.

We're all incomplete in some way. We may have family issues, lust issues, money issues, or any number of faults, but in the end we still are "issueless" when God sees us thanks to Jesus. So let that be a certain comfort to you today, knowing that the creator of the world values you, in fact, cherishes you and wants you to do great things in Jesus' name.