The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. (Matthew 1.1)

Jesus is not random. He is divine and infinite, so at the times when we do not understand what He has done or allowed, we can rest—even in our finite discomfort—in His omnisciences and omnipresence. He does not act at random. He does not read the situation as it plays out and chooses the best recourse. He is glorious and His plan is perfect.

He is not surprised when our human situations get out of hand, when the pieces of the puzzle aren’t adding up or when we struggle to believe there is a plan. Jesus is the Son of God yet He is still the son of man. And God intentionally chose Abraham to be an ancestor of Jesus. Like Jesus, Adam is the earliest father of us all, but Matthew chooses to begin His genealogy with Abraham. Abraham, the man who believed God enough to set out from His home on a promise. Abraham, the man who sought to believe God’s promise of an heir but repeatedly sought to fulfill it by His own plans. Abraham, the man who God promised would be a blessing to all families on earth, and Abraham believed. He believed.

Abraham’s righteousness was in His faith that God’s was greater than His failure, greater than His success, greater than His wildest imagination, greater than the appearance of a random, aimless life. Abraham was called to the nations, and Jesus is Abraham’s blessing to the nations. He is the intentional outpouring of God’s love through humanity, for humanity, by a man whose struggling faith was strong enough.

Jesus, thank you that you use finite fallible men and women so that we might seek after you on our feeble knees.