Thursday, January 6, 2011
Epiphany
Today is the celebration of the arrival of the Wise Men. It's as good a day as any. After all, the only reason we speak of three is because of the three gifts brought, gold, frankincense, and myrrh. It could have been six kings or two or nine. We don't know. We only know they came from the East, and that they stopped in and had a chat with Herod. Their entire appearance is recorded in Matthew 2:1-12. That's it. The important thing is to remember that strangers to Israel followed a star to worship the King of the Jews, the King of Heaven and Earth and all that encompasses. They listened to dreams, because they received in a dream the directive not to return to Herod but to depart a different way, and they obeyed. The Wise Men followed their hearts to find Him. And wise men seek Him, still.
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I really love this post because it reminds us that pure faith -- belief in the God we cannot see and do not know (yet) in full -- is what God requires of us, and the Wise Men really fulfilled that. As you said, they had a dream, a message from God, and they followed that message. That is faith! I pray (trembling) for that kind of faith, but it's frightening because I do not really want to be tested. But God gives us strength. His will is best.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this, Judy.