Today's reading is Matthew 2 and Micah 5. Matthew 2 is about how God protected Jesus from Herod by leading Joseph first to Egypt, and then to Nazareth to evade Herod -- and to fulfill two different prophecies about the Messiah.
Micah 5 is one of those prophecies, with referrence to the Messiah coming from Bethlehem. It also talks about how God will lead his people, and provide a faithful remnant of Jacob to lead the people.
The "extra reading" was from Richard Halverson, and it talked about how God doesn't just point us to where he wants us to go... instead he leads us. We just simply need to have the faith to follow him where he leads us.
I pray for a new identity today. I am struggling with letting my sin be my label, and not recognizing who I truly am in Christ.
