Praise the Lord for this beautiful day thanks for praying for Janice and Jeremy Ada was born on Sunday night at 11:40 PM, the weighed 8 lbs and 6 oz the is beautiful. Grandma Alice is caring for Simon and Mika.We praise the Lord for Ada. In the life of the church it is the season of Epiphany . Christmas is the celebration of Gods gift to us in the Jesus Christ our Savoir. Epiphany season describes our gift to the Lord. Once we receive Jesus into our hearts we give back to him our hearts our lives that he may make us his instruments on Earth. We read about the wise men coming to see Jesus in Mathew Chapter 2. The Magi acknowledge in their action the right of this child king to reign and rule in their lives. Their worship was spontaneous and joyful. God had warned the wise men not return to Herod as he had request, but were told to return to their country by another route. It may have been an unfamiliar route, or less convenient, more costly, less comfortable, more dangerous or less traveled route. But it was the way that God wanted them to go and they submitted to his will.
Sometimes what God calls us to do, is unfam-iliar, less convenient, not comfortable and goes against what may be the more traveled road. It may be more costly, and risky but if we have really encountered Christ we must submit to his plans for our lives.
Verse twelve ends the story of the wise men by saying after they gave him their gifts “…they departed for their own country another way.” They quietly returned home and went on with their lives. But they were different men now, men who had been in the presence of the King of Kings and worshipped him. I believe that this is a double meaning here when it says they returned “another way” not only did they return by a different route to avoid Herod but they returned different men.
There are three types of people in the story of the wise men. There are those who like Herod the king, hear of Jesus but are openly hostile toward him. There are also those like the priest and the scribes who can quote you chapter and verse about Him, but they are indifferent to Him. And then there are the Magi who sought Jesus, and when they found Him accepted Him as King.
But don’t be surprised that just as the Magi's journey was taken at great cost, for us to follow Jesus will have a cost. There is no middle ground, or position of neutrality with Jesus. We either bring an attitude of adoration or rejection; life or death; belief or unbelief. In Jesus' own word; the result is either salvation or condemnation, eternal life or judgment. He is either the Lord of all, or He is not the Lord at all. May we reflect the wisdom of the magi, and confess Jesus' authority in our lives.
In Christ,
Brown
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