Matthew 2:11 They entered the house and saw the child in the arms of Mary, his mother. Overcome, they kneeled and worshiped him. Then they opened their luggage and presented gifts: gold, frankincense, myrrh. (The Message)
The wise men came to Jerusalem in search of the newborn King of the Jews. They had seen a star in the eastern sky and wanted to worship him. King Herod was terrified to think there would be another king besides him. And under false pretenses, (I want to worship him too!) he got the wise men to tell him where and when the star had appeared, wanted them to go find this baby and come back and tell him.
As the wise men traveled, the star again appeared and showed them exactly where the baby was. But in a dream, they were told not to go back and tell Herod, so they left and went back home via another road.
At our church birthday party for Jesus last Sunday, our church wise men came and gave our children gifts, each gift had the child's name on it and was special for them. Kai and Cody chewed on their board books, Jacob enjoyed looking at his book and the bigger kids got a manger craft to glue together. Each gift telling the Christmas story.
Think about the wise men and their journey. They had seen the light (hope), his star in the east. It took time (about 2 years) to find the baby and when they did, The Message says they were overcome, kneeled and worshipped him. Then after, gave him their gifts.
That's what they did. That what they gave to Jesus. So what can we do? What can we give Jesus? First we look for the light (HOPE) and it might take TIME to find him, but when we do, WOW! Drop to your knees WORSHIP.
Nancy
